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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SOCAN Acquires SODRAC, Potentially Making Licensing Music in Canada Easier
The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), which licenses performing rights in Canada, has acquired reproduction rights organization the Society...
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U.S. Jury Awards $145 million in Damages to Canadian Company WiLan for Patent Infringement by Apple
A federal jury in California has found that Apple has infringed WiLan’s U.S. Patent Nos. 8,457,145 and 8,537,757 respectively entitled “Method and apparatus for...
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KitKat Chocolate Bar’s Shape Cannot be Registered as a Trademark in Europe
The European Court of Justice (ECJ, the highest EU court) decided that the Kit Kat chocolate bar shape is not entitled to registered trademark...
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US Federal Circuit Confirms that Tribal Immunity Cannot be Used to Shield US Patents from Review
The US Federal Circuit has affirmed that the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe cannot use tribal immunity to shield pharmaceutical patents assigned to it by...
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Could Canada Target US Pharmaceutical Patents in Response to Tariffs?
Some Canadian law professors have suggested that the Canadian government target pharmaceutical patents owned by American companies in response to recent tariffs imposed by...
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Vancouver Lawyer wins $1 in Defamation Lawsuit
A Vancouver lawyer has won a default judgement against a former client for posting an allegedly defamatory online review. In awarding $1, the judge...
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European Union Proposes Controversial New Copyright Laws
A proposal to update the European Union’s copyright laws has proved contentious with respect to Article 13. Article 13 relates to the use of...
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CIPO Publishes Proposed Industrial Design Office Practice Manual for Consultation
Implementation of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs is well underway with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) publishing a...
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USPTO Will Continue to Suspend Examination of Applications Directed to Scandalous Trademarks
The USPTO on 24 May 2018 issued updated trademark examination guidance in which it clarified that it will continue its earlier practice of suspending...
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