2021 saw changes in Canadian patent legislation, and a variety of court decisions addressing rarely interpreted provisions of the Patent Act, early consideration of recently enacted provisions, and new takes on central tenets...more
1/28/2022
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Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventive Concept Test ,
Life Sciences ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Act ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Privileged Communication ,
Trademarks
We recently reported that, in view of the ongoing COVID-19 disruption, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has further extended patent, trademark, and industrial design deadlines until Monday August 24, 2020, and...more
8/20/2020
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Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Court Schedules ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Life Sciences ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Time Extensions ,
Trademarks
In view of the ongoing COVID-19 disruption, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has further extended patent, trademark, and industrial design deadlines fixed under the relevant legislation. Deadlines through...more
In view of the ongoing COVID-19 disruption, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has further extended patent, trademark, and industrial design deadlines fixed under the relevant legislation....more
In view of the ongoing COVID-19 disruption, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has further extended patent, trademark, and industrial design deadlines fixed under the relevant legislation. Deadlines through...more
In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has further extended patent, trademark, and industrial design deadlines fixed under the relevant legislation. Deadlines through Friday...more
In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has further extended patent, trademark, and industrial design deadlines fixed under the relevant legislation. Deadlines through Friday...more
In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has further extended patent, trademark, and industrial design deadlines fixed under the relevant legislation....more
In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has further extended patent, trademark, and industrial design deadlines fixed under the relevant legislation....more
In view of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has announced that patent, trademark, and industrial design deadlines that fall due between March 16, 2020 and March 31, 2020 will be extended...more
On December 10, 2019, Canada, the United States and Mexico signed the Protocol of Amendment to the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States and Canada (commonly referred to as the USMCA). The...more
1/3/2020
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Biologics ,
Canada ,
Certification Marks ,
CETA ,
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Copyright ,
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Cross-Border Transactions ,
Domain Names ,
Industrial Design ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
NAFTA ,
Patent Law Treaty ,
Patent Term Adjustment ,
Safe Harbors ,
Trademarks ,
Trademarks Act ,
Trump Administration ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
In a step towards ratifying the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), the Canadian government introduced Bill C-100, entitled “An Act to implement the Agreement between Canada, the United States of America and the...more
5/30/2019
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Biologics ,
Canada ,
Copyright Terms ,
Counterfeiting ,
CUSMA ,
Damages ,
Data Protection ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
NAFTA ,
New Legislation ,
Patent Term Adjustment ,
Trademarks ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
After more than a year of negotiations, Canada reached a new free-trade agreement with Mexico and the United States minutes before the midnight deadline on September 30, 2018....more
10/5/2018
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Canada ,
Collective Marks ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Terms ,
Counterfeiting ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Damages ,
Data Protection ,
Domain Names ,
Industrial Design ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
NAFTA ,
Patent Law Treaty ,
Patent Term Adjustment ,
Patents ,
The Copyright Act ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademarks ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies