IP News

Bill C-4, the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement Implementation Act, received Royal Assent on March 13, 2020. This new NAFTA deal (known as the NAFTA 2.0)...
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Shares of Spherix Inc. soared on 6 March 2020 shortly after the company announced that it had executed an exclusive option agreement with the...
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On February 19, 2020, private member’s bill C-209 was introduced in the House of Commons. Bill C-209, if implemented, would amend section 12 of...
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The Expert Panel on Intellectual Property has released its Report on Intellectual Property in Ontario’s Innovation Ecosystem.  Among other things, the report calls for...
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Since January 2019 SaskTel has sent out approximately 30,000 notifications to customers accused of unauthorized downloading or uploading of copyrighted material. Copyright owners hire...
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The government-run Wuhan Institute of Virology recently stated that it applied to patent a drug in January for treating the novel Wuhan coronavirus disease....
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In late 2019, CIPO released the IP Canada Report 2019, which details trends in patent application filings in Canada and by Canadians abroad.  A...
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On 17 January 2020, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (the “CIPO”) indicated that it will now be necessary for an Applicant to demonstrate exceptional...
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IFI Claims Patent Services reports that the US Patent and Trademark Office granted 333,530 patents in 2019, hitting an all-time high and representing an...
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A Chinese court has ruled against an infringer who copied a news article generated by AI. In reaching the ruling, the court decided that...
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