IP News

On October 10, 2018 Microsoft announced that it was joining the Open Invention Network (“OIN”) and making available to the OIN approximately 60,000 of...
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The US Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) will now be required to construe patent claims that are the subject of an inter partes...
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After 14 months of intense negotiations, the United States, Canada and Mexico reached a new trilateral trade agreement, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”). The...
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Among other provisions impacting intellectual property, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) announced today includes Article 20.H.7, which states: Article 20.H.7: Term of Protection for Copyright...
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Following a tornado that hit the Gatineau region on Friday, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has confirmed that it is not affected by...
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Last week the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a previous decision of the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board that...
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CIPO is taking steps to modernize the Manual of Patent Office Practice (MOPOP), the Trademarks Examination Manual (TEM) and Industrial Design Office Practice Manual...
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IBM has recently secured a patent for drones that deliver drinks to individuals in an office based on their cognitive state. The patent claims...
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In an attempt to appeal to millennials, Proctor & Gamble has applied to register the commonplace acronyms “LOL”, “WTF”, “NBD” and “FML” as trademarks...
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A class action lawsuit has been certified against an obituary website, Afterlife, after the website allegedly copied obituaries and photographs without authorization from the...
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