Publications

Canadian businesses looking to expand (or which have already expanded) south of the border are well advised to consider registering their trademarks in the...
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The US is presently the only country in the world still operating under a “first-to-invent” system, in which a patent is granted to the...
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One of the requirements for obtaining a valid patent is for your invention to be novel. This novelty requirement can differ between countries. In...
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The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (“CIRA”) is the body that decides Canadian domain name disputes and has the power to order the transfer of...
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It is shaping up to be an exciting year for copyright law in Canada. On December 6 and 7, 2011, the Supreme Court of...
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Amazon.com’s Canadian Patent application for its “one-click” ordering invention issued on 17 January 2012 as Patent No. 2,246,933.   This application’s somewhat tortuous path through...
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An update on the continuing saga of Canadian patent application No. 2,246,933 Although maybe less known than its related patents and applications around the...
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A trademark is used by a person to distinguish wares or services from those of others.  A trademark must be distinctive and any goodwill...
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In Century 21 Canada Limited Partnership v. Rogers Communications Inc., 2011 BCSC 1196 (CanLII) the BC Supreme Court had the opportunity to consider the...
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Licensing is not the only way to share one’s patent rights. As with other forms of property, patents may be jointly owned by multiple...
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