IP News

The European Patent Office (the “EPO”) recently released the Patent Index 2020 on March 16, 2021. Patent Index 2020 provides the public with key...
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In Apotex Inc. v. Janssen Inc., 2021 FCA 45, the Federal Court of Appeal recently dismissed an appeal of the Federal Court decision 2019...
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On 17 February 2021, Conservative Senator Claude Carignan introduced a private members bill, S-225, “An Act to amend the Copyright Act (remuneration for journalistic...
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The European Patent Office (EPO) and the national IP offices of the EPO’s member states (i.e. the European countries which are members of the...
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The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (the “CIPO”) has released the 2020 IP Canada Report on January 26, 2021. The IP Canada Report reports on...
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Along with the COVID relief package passed in December 2020, the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (“CASE Act”) was passed into law in...
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The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (the “CIPO”) and the European Patent Office (the “EPO”) have announced that their pilot Patent Prosecution Highway (the “PPH”)...
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The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has released a new practice notice clarifying the effect of the Designated Days on maintenance fee due dates....
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The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has issued a Practice Notice to allow expedited examination of certain trademark applications. To ensure Canadians have timely...
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The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has released a new practice notice clarifying its practice regarding requests for extensions of time under subsection 3(1)...
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