IP News

The Federal Court considered the current section 56 of the Patent Act on prior user rights for the first time in Kobold Corporation v...
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In a press release published on February 10, 2022, WIPO announced the number of international filings for patents, trademarks and designs for the past...
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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Digital Access Service (DAS) allows for simple and secure electronic exchange of priority patent applications between participating intellectual...
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced a new Patent Public Search tool (the “Search tool”). The new Search tool promises to provide...
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On 3 February, Nike sued StockX in U.S. Federal Court for trademark infringement in relation to StockX’s sale of non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) tied to...
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The Canadian Federal Court upheld a trial decision that simpler works have a lesser ambit of copyright protection: The Pyrrha Designs were relatively simple...
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The World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) has recently announced a new global awards program directed towards small and medium sized enterprises. The program aims...
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In Janssen Inc. v. Sandoz Canada Inc., 2021 FC 1265, the Federal Court interpreted the scope of section 16.1 of the Patent Act, the...
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YouTube, the second most visited website in the world (after only its parent, Google), is currently facing a lawsuit regarding the company’s copyright protection...
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On 29 November, Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc. (“Lululemon”) filed to sue Peloton Interactive Inc. (“Peloton”) in California alleging infringement of six different US design...
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