IP News

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) experienced delays in the following areas during last month’s Public Service Alliance of Canada strike: Fee processing; Updating...
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The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) has released its business strategy for 2023-2028. CIPO’s three main priorities are: Delivering quality IP services in a...
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Amendments to the Patent Act introducing patent term adjustment have been tabled as part of Bill C-47 (Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1), which...
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Each year on April 26, we celebrate the World Intellectual Property Day. Established in 2000 by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the World...
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has begun issuing electronic patent grants (eGrants) for all patents as of 18 April 2023. The...
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The Applicant Tweak-D Inc. filed a trademark application for TRIBAL CHOCOLATE in connection with hair care products. The examiner objected to registration of the...
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DABUS, short for Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience, has suffered another court loss in it’s creator’s quest for it to be...
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The salad chain Sweetgreen has decided to rename its new chipotle chicken menu item, just two days after fast food giant Chipotle Mexican Grill,...
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The US Copyright Office (“USCO”) has issued a policy statement for guidance on the copyright registrability of works containing AI-generated content. The policy statement...
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On 1 March 2023 the Copyright Board of Canada published and brought into effect the final version of their Rules of Practice and Procedure...
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