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Smart & Biggar
On January 10, 2024, the Regulation to amend mainly the Regulation respecting the language of commerce and business (the "Draft Regulation") was published in the Gazette officielle du Québec.
Lenczner Slaght LLP
Few pop icons have navigated the art of protecting their intellectual property as well as Taylor Swift. Not only does Taylor Swift have an outstanding knack...
MLT Aikins LLP
Intellectual property (IP) rights are key assets for businesses, so it's important to know what types of rights are protectable and what actions that can be taken to enforce these rights.
Bereskin & Parr LLP
Scott MacKendrick and Andrew McIntosh's article "2023's Procedural Developments in IP Litigation" was published in the Toronto Law Journal.
Fasken (French)
Malgré l'absence de formalités particulières au Canada, la concession de licence de marques de commerce recèle certains pièges pour les personnes peu averties.
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
The Department of Finance opened two consultations on a potential patent box regime and on Canada's existing Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED)...
Smart & Biggar
A recent Canadian decision illustrates how powerful interlocutory injunctions can be for trademark owners involved in trademark infringement litigation in Canada.
Fasken
Even though there are no mandatory formalities, trademark licensing remains a trap for the unwary in Canada.
Goldman Sloan Nash & Haber LLP
In January we discussed the grounds for attacking the registration of a registered trademark in the Federal Court. This month we are discussing the remaining potential grounds in a little more detail.
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
In January 2024, the Québec government proposed extensive amendments to the Regulation respecting the language of commerce and business (the Proposal).
Bereskin & Parr LLP
Strike up the band—nearly five years after the coming into force (CIF) of major amendments to the Canadian Trademarks Act, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)...
McMillan LLP
The "due care" standard is a relatively new one in Canadian patent law, and a recent (as of February, 2024) case from the Canadian Federal Court provides further guidance to patent applicants...
Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP
In Taillefer v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FC 259, the applicant unsuccessfully sought judicial review of a decision of the Commissioner of Patents denying a request to reinstate Canadian Patent 2,690,767...
Cassels
Join the Cassels Copyright team as we look back at some of the most notable Canadian copyright law decisions, legislative amendments, and other developments from 2023.
Nelligan Law
In the colorful circus of professional wrestling, where muscle-bound behemoths clash and melodrama reigns supreme, the saga of intellectual property rights unfolds like a soap opera on steroids.
Smart & Biggar
The intellectual property (IP) of your business has value. IP can take several forms, including patent and trademark registrations, or intellectual property rights...
Smart & Biggar
As previously reported, the Federal Court released a pair of decisions relating to paliperidone palmitate (Janssen's INVEGA SUSTENNA), finding in a summary trial that each of Pharmascience...
Smart & Biggar
In a 2022 decision involving Janssen and Pharmascience, the Federal Court found that the claims of Canadian Patent No. 2,655,335 (335 patent, relating to paliperidone palmitate...
Aird & Berlis LLP
In Canada, simple and inexpensive trademark expungement proceedings are available to cancel trademarks that are not in use for more than three years.
Smart & Biggar
On February 7, 2024, the Federal Court dismissed Takeda's action under subsection 6(1) of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations in relation to dexlansoprazole.
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