IP News

The Canadian Federal Government has recently announced new regulations pertaining to the evaluation of pricing for newly patented drugs. These regulations aim to protect...
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Researchers from the University of Surrey and the inventor of Dabus AI, an artificial intelligence algorithm, have stoked discussion around whether a machine can...
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On 30 July 2019, a Los Angeles jury reached the verdict that Katy Perry’s 2013 hit song “Dark Horse” copied a Christian rap song...
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This week, Canada formally ratified the Patent Law Treaty and deposited the instrument of ratification in Geneva, Switzerland. To implement the Patent Law Treaty, the...
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Last week (July 24, 2019), the World Intellectual Property Organization, Cornell University and INSEAD jointly released the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2019.  The GII...
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The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) announced today that the new Patent Rules have been published in Part II of the Canada Gazette.  Amendments to the Patent Act and Patent Rules will...
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On June 22, 2019, the Government of Canada ratified the Patent Law Treaty. Following the ratification, on the same day, the Orders In Council...
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A US senator has filed proposed legislation to prevent Huawei Technologies from seeking patent damages in US courts.  The proposed legislation would prevent companies...
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Significant amendments to the Trade-marks Act were passed in 2014 and will come into force on 17 June 2019. These amendments aim to modernize...
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In 2013 the Supreme Court of the United States in Association for Molecular Pathology v Myriad Genetic Inc, held that genes are not patentable...
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