The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) technology is a powerful gene-editing tool that has spawned a billion-dollar industry. It allows scientists to...
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CIPO Under Fire for Policy on Medical Diagnostic Method Patents
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (the “CIPO”) has recently received criticism regarding its policy on diagnostic method patents. A diagnostic method outlines a sequence...
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CETA Paves the way for “Prosciutto di Parma”
A legal dispute over the name “Parma” may finally have been put to bed by the Canada-European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement...
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Fast-tracking Examination with the EPO
The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot agreement between the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) was extended on 6...
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Cease and Desist Light: Call in the Town Crier to Deliver Your Message
Anheuser-Busch InBev has taken a lighter approach to delivering a cease and desist letter to an upstart craft brewer, opting to send in the...
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Spotlight: The Outdoors Intellectual Property Blog
The Outdoors Intellectual Property Blog, published by the team at McCoy Russell LLP in Portland, Oregon, is dedicated to intellectual property issues in the...
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Federal Court Finds Fracking Patent Invalid
The Federal Court of Canada has declared invalid a fracking technology patent owned by Calgary-based Packers Plus Energy Services Inc. Packers Plus had alleged...
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Global IP Filings Reached New Highs – Canada is a Popular Place to File
Last week, the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) published its World Intellectual Property Indictors 2017 report. WIPO reports that global IP filings have reached...
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FCA Rules Toronto Real Estate Board Practice of Excluding Data from Virtual Office Websites is Anti-Competitive
On 1 December 2017, the Federal Court of Appeal (“FCA”) dismissed appeals from two decisions of the Competition Tribunal which held that the Toronto...
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SCC Grants Leave to Consider Scope of ISP’s Obligations Under the Notice-and-Notice Regime
In May of this year, the Federal Court of Appeal held that an Internet service provider (“ISP”) can charge a fee for “the actual,...
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