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A soft launch of the AccelerateIP program is expected at the end of September. We have been informed that as part of the soft...
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced several new and improved search tools to strengthen its customer service. The USPTO’s goal...
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The World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) has released a new tool to assist trademark applicants with formulating goods and services descriptions. The Goods and...
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The U.S. Copyright Office has issued a notice of inquiry (NOI) in the Federal Register on copyright and artificial intelligence (AI) in response to...
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The Federal Circuit has issued a decision that clarifies the interaction between terminal disclaimers, obviousness-type double patenting and patent term adjustment in US patent...
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On 18 August 2023, a US district court in Washington, DC held that AI-generated work without human input cannot be copyrighted in the US....
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The Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents (the “Apostille Convention”) will come into effect in Canada on 11 January 2024....
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Last month, the Federal Court held that Duracell had used certain of Energizer’s trademarks in a manner that was likely to depreciate the value...
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Following proposals and consultations spanning a period of two years, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has announced an increase of most of its fees. ...
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