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Illuminating Hanukkah: Intellectual Property Considerations for Content Creators in Canada
Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is a time of celebration, tradition, and creativity. For content creators in Canada—whether you’re designing holiday merchandise, crafting...
The importance of checking your citations – the non-case of Hennes & Mauritz AB v M & S Meat Shops Inc, 2012 TMOB 7; or am I seeing things?
If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it. Twice in the past four months, the Trademark Opposition Board has identified instances where an applicant’s agent...
Beware of Trademark and Patent Scams: Protect Your Intellectual Property
Scams targeting trademark and patent owners are on the rise, with fraudsters employing fear tactics and impersonation to trick unsuspecting individuals and businesses. It’s...
Supporting Canada’s Green Transition: The Untapped Potential of CIPO’s Green Technologies Program
Since at least 2009, Canada has consistently ranked among the top ten countries for patent filings related to climate change mitigation and adaptation technologies [1]. This...
Deliberately Develop Your Practice Style
Initially the focus of a patent agent or trainee is on grasping the fundamentals of patent law and practice. As you settle into the role, however, there is an opportunity to...
Marking the World A Better Place: The public benefits of a trademark career
Is “source identification” a basis for a virtuous life? IPIC spoke to three heavyweights in the trademark field – Monique Couture, Janice Bereskin, and Kwan Loh – to explore...
The One Where IPIC had a Book Club: Valley of the Birdtail – An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation
Looking for some engaging end of summer reading? Join the IPIC Indigenous IP Community on a challenging, engaging, and inspirational journey laid out in an award winning...
Boehringer v JAMP continued: Federal Court revisits the test for whether a claim element is essential or non-essential.
Boehringer v JAMP , 2024 FC 1198 was an action under the PMNOC Regulations concerning infringement and validity of two patents relating to the nintedanib capsules (which...
Rare Federal Court Finding: AP&C’s Two Patents Invalid for Ambiguity
Two patents relating to the processes for manufacturing reactive metal powders were found invalid for ambiguity pursuant to subsection 27(4) of the Patent Act in Justice...
Reanna George: Embracing Opportunity and Overcoming Challenges in Higher Education
It was an honor to be chosen as one of the recipients of the Indspire and IPIC scholarship for fall 2023. I have recently finished my undergraduate degree in June 2024 with a...
Get Ready for IPIC2024 St. John's!
The Conference Committee is excited to be putting the finishing touches on the planning for this year’s A nnual Con ference , being held from September 25-27 in beautiful St....
Top 5 Podcast Suggestions For IP Practitioners
It can be challenging to find extra time in the day for continuing legal education and keeping up to date in the evolving world of intellectual property law. Podcasts have...
From Uncertainty to Advocacy: Brandon Wozniak's Journey
I started university with a lot of uncertainty about what I wanted to do. I was interested in sciences, dentistry, and had even interned as a pharmacist in high school....
New Canadian Government IP Funding Programs
Innovative Canadian companies can benefit from new government funding that can be used to fund the development and implementation of IP strategy and filings. It is not common...
Strategies for Communicating with Inventors During Patent Prosecution
Adapted from an IPIC Webinar on September 26, 2023 by Richard Mar, Ilya Kalnish and Tamara O’Connell Over the course of a patent prosecution file, an agent will routinely be...
Diplomatic Conference: Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge
If the gestation period for dogs is two months, for humans it is nine months, and for African elephants it is a whopping twenty-one months, what is the gestation period for...
How to train your LLaMA ? – Copyright issues related to training of generative AI models
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) models have been making waves in the world and are even being termed as the steam engine of the fourth industrial revolution. These AI...
False IP Complainants Get Shrunken Bank Accounts
Keezio Group and The Shrunks’ Family Toy Company were market competitors who sold inflatable beds for children through Amazon.com. Keezio brought a civil claim alleging that...
Bridge to Excellence: A look at the past to entice change for the future
Dr. Pia-Lauren Reece shares what Black History Month personally means to her through her presentation "Bridge to Excellence: A look at the past to entice change for the...
IP and the Black Experience in Canada
For Black History Month, I am reflecting on the intersections of intellectual property, business and the black experience in Canada. In the past several years, the spotlight...