The world is becoming more and more interactive, and the patent world is slowly catching up. Recent changes allow third parties to submit what...
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Choosing a new trademark: It’s all about being distinctive, distinctive, distinctive!
The challenge of choosing a new trademark can arise when you start a new business, rebrand your existing business, or launch a new line...
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From purple candy bar wrappers to red sole shoes: the increasing commercial significance of colour marks
Most trademarks consist of words and/or design elements, but recent decisions demonstrate the increasing importance of colour by itself functioning as a trademark when...
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Supreme Court of Canada Paves the Way for Generic Version of Viagra™
The Supreme Court of Canada has issued a decision finding that Pfizer’s Canadian patent No. 2,163,446 (the ‘446 patent) for Viagra™ is invalid, following...
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The Supreme Court of Canada copyright pentalogy
Once upon a sunny day in July, in a galaxy not so far away, the highest court in Canada released five decisions dealing with...
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Apple v. Samsung and the importance of design registration
The term “patent wars” is often used to describe the intellectual property battles between companies but another form of IP protection that usually flies...
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IP issues for mobile app developers
With increasing consumer demand for mobile applications or “apps” (and hundreds of thousands of third-party apps available for download through application distribution platforms such...
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Prometheus v. Mayo: A Setback for Diagnostic Method Patents in the US?
The recent US Supreme Court decision in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., No. 10-1150 raises possible challenges for companies attempting to obtain...
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Thinking of licensing or selling your IP? If so, is your company ready for an IP audit?
Nortel sold its patent portfolio for $4.5 billion. Microsoft paid $1 billion for the majority of AOL’s patents. It is undeniable that intellectual property...
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When You Need Action on Your Patent Application: Expediting Examination in Canada
Canada has a deferred examination system, wherein patent applications are examined only upon request. Once examination has been requested, patent applications enter a queue....
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