Patents, Canada, Technology Sector

Canada Elects 2025: Tax Policies Poised to Shape Canada’s Innovation Economy

Mintz - Tax Viewpoints on 5/5/2025

In a historic election, given the backdrop of rising tensions between Canada and the US, Canadians elected Mark Carney and his Liberal party on April 28, 2025. Although the platform released by the Liberals (the Liberal...more

Celebrating World IP Day 2024

Smart & Biggar on 4/26/2024

For World IP Day 2024, we asked three of our practitioners three questions, all related to the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 2024 theme of IP and the SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and...more

Quebec’s “IP Box”: A tax incentive for the commercialization of IP

Smart & Biggar on 11/22/2023

Innovation from research & development (R&D) can be protected by intellectual property (IP) rights of various kinds, including patents, copyright and plant breeder’s rights. To encourage companies to invest locally in R&D...more

Artificial Intelligence Patenting: Top Challenges and Key Considerations

Bennett Jones LLP on 11/16/2022

In this blog, we consider the challenges in patenting artificial intelligence (AI) and the key considerations companies should make when drafting strong AI patent applications....more

Pandemics And Emergency Access To Patented Technology In Canada

International Lawyers Network on 4/3/2020

Canada’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Act came into force on March 25, 2020. Perhaps overlooked amongst emergency relief, health care and financial effects is Part 12 of the Act which makes changes to the Patent Act. Why...more

Government Funding Opportunities for SMEs

Bennett Jones LLP on 10/16/2019

The lack of readily available funds that often exists within a growing small or medium technology enterprise (Tech-SME) can result in management having to juggle many competing priorities; unfortunately, this sometimes means...more