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IPIC Intervenes in Appeal Clarifying the Law of Protective Orders
Summary The Federal Court of Appeal has clarified the test for determining the availability of protective orders in an appeal of the Order of Justice Locke, as he then was,...
Understanding the Canada Border Services' Request for Assistance Program - Part 1
When developing strategies to address counterfeit goods, a great place to start is the border. Curbing the importation of counterfeits is vital in the fight to keep consumers...
Preparing For and Attending Your First Conference as a Young Practitioner
Attending events and conferences on your own as a junior practitioner can feel daunting. Here are a few pointers that can help you prepare before you attend. 1. Bring your...
Meet IPIC's Young Practitioners Committee Chair: Richard Mar
Richard Mar is an associate at DLA Piper and Chair of the IPIC Young Practitioner’s Committee. On the cusp of his 10th year of practice and his final term in the Committee,...
Pocket IP Guide to CUSMA – the New NAFTA
IPIC members are aware that IP rights have been hotly disputed in the recent Canada-US-Mexico trade negotiations. IPIC's IP Trade Policy Committee has been watching closely...
Bootstrapping an IP Program at an Innovative Company
Capturing and protecting innovative activity is crucial for any business looking to maximize the value of its intellectual property. Without the right people, processes,...
How Blockchain Technology is Changing the Trademark Space
What are blockchain technologies? For starters, the aim of the technology is to act as an alternative to any mainstream way of doing most things. Blockchain technologies are...
46 Nations Sign UN Mediation Convention in Singapore
The United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (‘Singapore Convention’) was formally signed on August 7, 2019. The Convention...
Tips to Flex Your Business Development Muscles as a Young Practitioner
As a legal business development and marketing professional in a past life, I picked up a few tips that most junior practitioners may not know or may not have the confidence...
Canada’s Trademark Applications for Marijuana Products and Services Causes an International Stir at the Nice Committee of Experts
I had the honour to represent the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) at the 29th session of the Nice Committee of Experts in Geneva from April 29 to May 3,...
Final and Binding Means No Appeal?
In 108 Media Corporation v. BGOI Films Inc. , 2019 ONSC 880, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice re-affirmed the predominant line of case law in Ontario holding that when...
USPTO Cancellation Pilot Program
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has launched a pilot program to explore the effectiveness of instituting expedited cancellation proceedings at the...
Top Bookmarks for Today’s IP Practitioner
The world around us is becoming more reliant on technology, and the practice of IP law is no exception. There are already numerous resources offered by national IP offices...
Fraudsters Sentenced to Prison for Sending Fake EUIPO invoices
On December 20, 2017, the Court of Appeal in Stockholm, Sweden, convicted 20 people for fraud in relation to sending fake invoices to applicants who had previously applied to...
Disparaging, Scandalous and Immoral Marks
Like any proprietor wishing to protect its trademark rights, those adopting marks having “shock value” may also create valuable rights and wish to pursue stronger,...
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...