The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (the “CIPO”) has released an updated online Canadian Trademarks Database. In updating the online Canadian Trademarks Database, the CIPO...
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Vancouver Career College Files for Leave to Appeal Keyword Advertising Decision to the Supreme Court of Canada
Vancouver Career College has applied for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal on a...
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NAFTA Arbitration Tribunal Issues Ruling On Eli Lilly Challenge Against Canada
NAFTA’s arbitration tribunal has issued a decision in favour of the Government of Canada in response to a challenge against it by Eli Lilly...
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WIPO Reports Record Year for PCT Applications in 2016
WIPO reports that China’s ZTE Corporation has overtaken Huawei Technologies as the largest filer of PCT applications in 2016. US company Qualcomm Inc. takes...
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Nintendo Awarded $12.7 Million Against Go Cyber for Copyright Infringement and Circumvention of Technological Protection Measures
In Nintendo of America Inc v Jeramie Douglas King and Go Cyber Shopping (2005) Ltd, 2017 FC 246, Campbell J. of the Federal Court...
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15th Annual Oxford International Intellectual Property Law Moot
The Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre will host the 15th Annual Oxford International Intellectual Property Law Moot on March 16th – 18th, 2017. Oyen Wiggs is proud to be sponsoring the University...
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Interlocutory Injunction Granted Against Sears’ Use of “There Is No Reason to Buy a Mattress Anywhere Else”
Pre-trial injunctive relief is rarely granted in Canadian trademark cases, as the harm caused by the alleged infringing activity is generally not considered irreparable...
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Judge Rules on Non-Commercial Purpose Requirement in Creative Commons License
An American court has ruled that the non-commercial purpose requirement in the BY-NC-SA 4.0 Creative Commons (“CC”) license does not preclude the licensee from...
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Oyen Wiggs Recognized in Above the Law’s Ranking: The Pacific Northwest Elite
Seeing our clients, and their inventions, succeed is its own reward. That being said, it’s still nice to be recognized for all the hard...
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AN INNOVATIVE BRAND FOR THE FUTURE
Like our clients, we’re constantly innovating and so the team at Oyen Wiggs, as we will now be known, is excited to announce the...
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