Publications

A lot happened in the world of Canadian copyright law in the last year. We have already written about the Supreme Court of Canada’s...
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An application for registration of a trademark in Canada typically does not include a colour claim.  A trademark registration without a colour claim generally...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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