Oyen Wiggs is pleased to welcome Allison Spring as our Articling Student. Allison earned her B.Sc. in Biochemistry from the University of British Columbia...
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Federal Court grants default judgment and awards $78,000 in statutory damages in copyright infringement action.
The recent decision in Rayman v. Red Crayon Inc, 2026 FC 951 is a useful reminder that companies do not own copyright in works...
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Supreme Court of Canada Declines to Overturn Prohibition on Patenting Methods of Medical Treatment
The Supreme Court of Canada (the “SCC”) has released its highly anticipated decision in Pharmascience Inc. v. Janssen Inc., 2026 SCC 26, an important...
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TMOB Upholds Electronically Notarized Affidavit and Awards Costs for Misleading Legal Submissions
In the recent decision of Chilly Moose Ltd. v. Moosehead Breweries Limited, the Trademarks Opposition Board (TMOB) accepted the admissibility of an electronically notarized...
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CIPO Releases 2025 SME Roundtables Report
On June 10, 2026, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) published “What we heard: CIPO SME Roundtables 2025”, a report on what small and...
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CIPO Now Offers Certified Electronic Copies of Canadian IP Documents
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has launched a new service allowing applicants and rights holders to obtain certified electronic copies of official documents,...
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Lav vs. LV: Why Louis Vuitton Prevailed in a Canadian Trademark Dispute
The Trademarks Opposition Board recently rendered its decision in an opposition filed by Gurok Turizm Ve Madencilik Anonim Sirketi (Gurok) against Louis Vuitton’s two...
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Oyen Wiggs Instrumental in Global Patent Cup Sailing Event 2026 in Vancouver
From April 7–11, 2026, the internationally renowned Patent Cup took place in Vancouver, bringing together patent professionals from around the world for a unique...
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CIPO Maintains Non-Patentability Finding on Dusome Remand Under the New Patentable Subject Matter Framework
On May 5, 2026, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) issued a preliminary redetermination on the remand of Dusome v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025...
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Oyen Wiggs Welcomes our Summer Students for 2026
We are pleased to welcome our summer students, Howard Hu, Jeevan Thiruchittampalam and Ronald Rout to the firm. Our students joined us in early...
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