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As we reported previously, Canadian trademark law will be significantly changed to adhere to several international treaties.

In a key development, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) have announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program beginning January 2015.

On October 28, 2013, the Canadian government reintroduced an important Act to amend the Copyright Act and Trade-Marks Act, with wide-reaching changes that will impact upon anti-counterfeiting and border protection, non-traditional marks, and trade-mark prosecution.

The Quebec Minister of Culture and Communications has announced that proposed amendments to the regulations under the Charter of the French Language will come into force on November 24, 2016.

Tobacco companies cannot compel production of health records in British Columbia's lawsuits to recover health care costs related to tobacco exposure.

A May 1, 2015 decision of the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal, Rothmans Benson & Hedges Inc v Imperial Tobacco Products Limited, 2015 FCA 111, has affirmed the principle that, in Canada, a single colour applied to the surface of an object, including product packaging, is capable of being registered as a trademark.

Colour can be a potent marketing tool and indicator of source. From a legal perspective, the issue of colour trade-marks has been considered recently by courts in the United States and United Kingdom, including the widely reported decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit relating to the red soles of Louboutin shoes ..

2018 was an exciting year for the trademarks profession in Canada.

Today marks an important step in the evolution of the industrial design regime in Canada

In the past year, a number of major financial institutions have been hit not just once, but twice by federal and state regulators for follow-on regulatory violations, including financial sanctions issues.

In Canada, a successful patentee in a patent infringement action is usually entitled to elect between the damages it has suffered as a result of the infringement and an accounting of the defendant's profits.

ICANN’s new Generic Top-Level Domain ("gTLD") program has been forging ahead.

The Canadian "accounting of profits" remedy for patent infringement, which is not available in the U.S., provides a potentially significant opportunity for companies with Canadian IP rights.

On May 1, 2015, the Quebec Court of Appeal issued its decision concerning the interpretation of Quebec’s Charter of the French language (the "French Charter") and its interplay with trademarks.

On March 4, 2019, the final Regulations Amending the Food and Drug Regulations (Public Release of Clinical Information) and Regulations Amending the Medical Devices Regulations came into force.

Another milestone has been reached in a case between tobacco industry giants Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited ("Imperial Tobacco") and Philip Morris, together with and its Canadian subsidiary Rothmans, Bensons & Hedges (collectively: "Philip Morris").

On June 12, 2017, the Federal Court issued its 99-page decision in Diageo Canada Inc v Heaven Hill Distilleries Inc et al, 2017 FC 571.