Bill C-86 Includes Important Changes to Patent, Trademark and Copyright Acts
On October 29, 2018, the government tabled Bill C-86 , A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 27, 2018 and other...
Remarks by Johanne Bélisle, CIPO CEO at IPIC Annual Conference
Good morning, and thank you for the opportunity to speak at your annual conference. Today, I would like to provide an overview of the intellectual property (IP) environment...
IPIC Shares Video on Recent Activities at Annual Conference
Last week, during IPIC’s Annual Conference, IPIC President Grant Lynds (now Past President), shared the video on the right which highlights IPIC’s recent activities in...
Changes to Mexican Trademark Law
Like Canada, Mexico is introducing some significant substantive and procedural changes to its trademark law. The changes are to align its practice with that of its foreign...
Nice Classification in the Age of Globalization
I recently had the pleasure of representing IPIC at the 28th Session of the Committee of Experts of the Nice Union (the Committee) held in Geneva, Switzerland, from April 30...
Venezuela IP Issues
The Venezuelan Patent and Trademark Office has temporarily suspended payment of official fees by foreign applicants, pending the publication of new official fees. As a...
Re-Filing Trademark Applications in Iraq
It is now a requirement in Iraq to make a request for examination, which appears to involve a search, prior to filing a trademark application. If the examination results are...
Statement of IPIC re RFA Program
In January 2015, the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) introduced the Request for Assistance (RFA) Program as part of an effort to crack-down on counterfeits crossing...
Canadian Government Releases their National IP Strategy, Including the Creation of a College of Patent and Trademark Agents
The Federal Government held an event earlier today to mark World Intellectual Property Day and to officially announce a National Intellectual Property (IP) Strategy,...
Budget 2018 Commits $85.3M Over Five Years to National IP Strategy; Intellectual Property Institute of Canada Applauds Goal to Raise IP Awareness
After committing in the 2017 federal budget to developing a “National Intellectual Property (IP) Strategy”, a first of its kind in Canada, the first details of what may be...
Announcing the 10th Annual Canada’s IP Writing Challenge
The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and IP Osgoode are delighted to announce our 2018 Canadian writing challenge in intellectual property law. Our goal is to...
An Update on Disparaging Marks
There has been lots of activity on disparaging marks in the United States and Canada. Most notable is the US Supreme Court decision in the Slants case dealing with the...
Be a Trusted Advisor
Becoming a successful IP practitioner requires becoming a trusted advisor – a person who others can rely upon to be competent, honest, loyal and kind. Even the most brilliant...
Case Comment: Copibec v. Université Laval
On February 8, in the Société québécoise de gestion collective des droits de reproduction (Copibec) v. Université Laval case [1] (hereafter “ Copibec v. Université Laval ”) ,...
IPIC Op-Ed Receives Attention in The Hill Times
Adam Kingsley, IPIC’s Executive Director, submitted an opinion piece in The Hill Times. The Op-Ed can be read in its entirety here . The Hill Times is distributed nationally...
Johanne Bélisle Provides Update on CIPO Activities
Johanne Bélisle, Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trademarks and CEO of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), provided an update on CIPO's activities to...
Grant Lynds Elected as IPIC President
The Council of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) is pleased to announce the election of Grant Lynds as its new President, effective October 12, 2017. Since...
Annual Meeting Delegates Welcomed by ISED Minister Bains and ISED Parliamentary Secretary Lametti
Annual Meeting delegates were welcomed last week in Niagara Falls by a video of the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), the Honourable...
IPIC Welcomes Adam Kingsley as New Executive Director
Ottawa – The Council of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Adam Kingsley as its new Executive Director, effective...