On June 17, Justice Gagné of the Federal Court of Canada (the “Court”) reaffirmed the purposive construction approach over the problem-solution approach for assessing patentability in the decision of... Read more
The Respondent Wei Meng obtained a registration for the mark “JU DIAN & Design” (depicted below), in association with “restaurant services; take-out restaurant services” and “beer”. The... Read more
Rules amending the Canadian Patent Rules were recently registered on June 2, 2022. The amendments will largely come into force on October 3, 2022. The most significant changes include... Read more
Changes to the Canadian patent regime will come into force on October 3, 2022. The most significant changes include the introduction of (i) excess claims fees and (ii) a... Read more
A recent news update on our website reported that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has recently issued a copyright registration where one of the (two) authors named for... Read more
DABUS, short for Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience, is an artificial intelligence (“AI”) machine that can invent and generate new ideas without any human input. DABUS... Read more
We are pleased to announce that the 2022 Canadian Law Awards has selected Oyen Wiggs as one of the Excellence Award recipients in the category of “IP Boutique Law... Read more
Oyen Wiggs is proud to announce the recognition of five of its lawyers, Thomas Bailey, Bruce Green (retired), Gavin Manning, Jennifer Marles, and Hilton Sue as leading lawyers in... Read more
We are honoured to announce that Oyen Wiggs has been named one of the “Top 10 Intellectual Property Boutiques” in Canada by Canadian Lawyer magazine. Canadian Lawyer asked lawyers,... Read more
