IP News

The European Patent Office (the “EPO”) recently published its Annual Review 2020. The Annual Review 2020 demonstrates that the demand for European patents in...
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On 26 August 2021, a U.S. appeals court reversed a $1.2 billion ruling against the defendant Gilead Sciences after finding that the plaintiff’s patent...
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As of the end of July, approximately 8,700 requests for Track One Prioritized Examination have been filed with the United States Patent and Trademark...
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The maker of luxury winter coats, Canada Goose, has sued a competitor Goose Country for trademark infringement and passing off. Part of the complaint...
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The federal government has launched a consultation on modernizing the Canadian copyright framework to better address Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the ‘Internet of Things’...
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The gold tone of the Lindt GOLD BUNNY has been found to have trademark protection by Germany’s federal court. Germany’s federal court put particular...
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The Disney and Pixar movie Inside Out (released in 2015) details the life of a girl named Riley along with five characters that represent...
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The 2019-2020 Annual Report of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is now available. In 2019−2020, CIPO received more applications for trademarks and industrial...
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The European Patent Office (EPO) has updated and expanded their “FIGHTING CORONAVIRUS” information platform. The platform is a free resource which is intended to...
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The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld the first ever website blocking order. In 2019 the Federal Court issued an order for Canadian internet...
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