The Obama administration released a three-year strategic plan for intellectual property (“IP”) enforcement earlier this week. The 163-page plan, entitled “ Supporting Innovation, Creativity,...
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Samsung Succeeds at the US Supreme Court in Design Patent Dispute with Apple
It may be Samsung’s lucky day, as the Supreme Court of the United States has unanimously reversed a $399 million judgment awarded to Apple...
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Patent-Pending Systems for Weeding Out Fake News
Many Internet and social media sites are taking action to address the propagation of fake news, in view of concerns following recent events in...
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Canadian Intellectual Property Office Issues Practice Notice On Geographic Names
The CIPO recently issued a Practice Notice clarifying its practice regarding applications to register geographic names as trademarks. Examiners will consider a trademark to...
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University of Calgary restricts access to BitTorrent
The University of Calgary has banned the use of BitTorrent by students on some of its WiFi networks. The University acts as an Internet...
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Fixed Dosage Regimen does not Limit a Physician’s Skill and Judgment
In Canada, methods of medical treatment are not patentable subject matter. In contrast, medical use claims, such as the use of metformin to treat...
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RBC Capital Markets Obtains Receives Canadian Patent for THOR Trading Technology
Royal Bank of Canada’s corporate and investment banking division, RBC Capital Markets, has been granted a Canadian patent for its THOR technology. THOR software...
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It Takes Two to Tango: EPO Now Requiring Assignments be Signed by Both Assignor and Assignee
The European Patent Office (EPO) has revised its formality requirements for recording assignments of European patent applications. Previously, the EPO accepted any kind of...
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Alice finds Canada no Patent Wonderland
The decision of the United States Supreme Court in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International, 573 U.S. __ (2014) represented a downward turning point...
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Pollard Banknote Limited v. BABN Technologies Corp. Case Update – Appeal Initiated
This post provides an update to our earlier post on 12 September 2016 regarding the Federal Court’s decision in Pollard Banknote Limited v. BABN...
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