Canada is recognized as a major player in film, television and interactive digital media production.

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) announced on January 31, 2012 that it entered into a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Project with the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) for a period of two years, terminating on January 30, 2014.

The changes discussed above are part of the rush of activity we’ve seen around the world over the last five to seven years.

Canada is recognized as a major player in film, television and interactive digital media production.

Have You Had a Good Look at Your By-Laws and Rules Lately?

Help is on its way for consumers who have difficulty with (read ‘tear their hair out over’) cell phone contracts.

this year, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice imposed a healthy $9 million penalty and restitution package against the companies and individuals involved in the "Yellow Pages look-a-like" online directory scam.

Bill 43, tabled in the National Assembly by the Minister of Natural Resources on May 29, 2013, proposes a new Mining Act that incorporates several provisions of the Mining Act currently in force in order to maintain Québec’s mineral tenure system and its general principles.

The Liberal government in Ontario has recently released its proposed budget.

Go ahead. Ask us what’s new and exciting.

The US has now come on board with most other guidelines in requiring you to consider whether an improvement you’ve made on one environmental front (e.g., reducing the amount of petroleum-based plastic you use) has worsened other environmental impacts your product has.

A class action involving nearly half the population of Canada (14 million cellphone subscribers) and a claim of, reportedly, $18 billion will be proceeding against six telephone companies – both large and small ("Telcos").

Bottom Line: Do you hate it when the program you’re happily watching cuts to commercial and you are blown out of your chair by the sudden increase in volume?

The holiday season is fast approaching and we would like to wish all members of the board and property management a safe and happy holidays.

In a recent case out of Orleans, Massachusetts, the trial and appeals court found that an owner’s right to free speech trumped the by-laws of a condo association.

In a previous article, we looked at a number of cases in the US relating to condominium residents affixing mezuzot on the exterior unit doors.

Quebec contest registration isn’t really so confusing.

Earlier this week, the special commission of the Brazilian Congress released a substitutive project for the country’s proposed mining code (the "Revised Draft Mining Code").

The comment period recently closed on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s second round of consideration for its proposed "Guidelines for Highlighted Ingredients and Flavours".

Over the last year, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released a set of Guidelines and a Policy Position on online behavioural advertising.