International Women's Day Profile - The Honourable Justice Janet M. Fuhrer
Marked annually on March 8th International Women's Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also...
International Women's Day Profile - Dominique T. Hussey
Marked annually on March 8th International Women's Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also...
International Women's Day Profile - Sana Halwani
Marked annually on March 8th International Women's Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also...
IPIC and IP Osgoode Announce 13th Annual Canadian IP Writing Challenge
The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and IP Osgoode are delighted to announce our 2021 Canadian writing challenge in intellectual property law. Our goal is to...
Six New Applicants Receive Designation of Certified Canadian Trademark Administrator
IPIC wishes to extend its congratulations and recognition to the six applicants who successfully passed the Trademark Administrator Exam on December 10th, 2020. This 4-course...
IPIC Committee Profile: Indigenous IP Committee
The relationship between intellectual property law and the protection of Indigenous knowledge and cultural expressions is a complex subject that has been receiving increasing...
CIPO releases revised guidelines for subject matter eligibility
Good news for diagnostics, less so for computer-implemented inventions On Nov. 3, 2020, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) released revised guidelines1 and...
Patenting Artificial Intelligence in Canada, the UK and Europe: A Primer
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been the subject of human fascination and awe (and Hollywood movies) for many years. Who can forget the iconic scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey...
CIPO's Patentable Subject-Matter Guidance - Same Code, Different Syntax
The Backstory On August 21, 2020, the Federal Court of Canada (FCC) handed down its ruling in the appeal of Yves Choueifaty against the rejection of Canadian Patent...
Navigating your Global Patent Prosecution Strategy under Canada’s new Patent Rules
The Backstory The new Canadian Patent Rules came into effect on October 30, 2019 with the intent to make Canada compliant with its international treaty obligations by...
Understanding The Canada Border Services' Request For Assistance Program - Part 2: One Click & Ship
Earlier this year, we provided an overview of the Canada Border Services Agency’s (CBSA) Request for Assistance Program. The program provides an opportunity for owners of...
Recap of IPIC2020 Virtual: Emerging Trends in IP - What Does The Future Hold?
Introduction Every year, the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) hosts a national conference, welcoming IP lawyers from all over Canada to network and to learn...
Trademark “Services” Online Finally Defined in Canada by Federal Court of Appeal
The Federal Court of Appeal’s long-awaited decision on what constitutes trademark “use” in association with services in the Internet age has finally been released. On...
IPIC Congratulates This Year’s Foundation Award Winners
The Patent and Trademark Institute Education Foundation is a registered charity managed by IPIC that awards prizes to the candidates who obtain the highest marks in the...
IPIC Announces Mary Munro as the First Recipient of the Outstanding Contribution Award
IPIC’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Mary Munro is the first recipient of the Institute’s Outstanding Contribution Award. Ms. Munro received the award on...
IPIC's 2020 Year in Review
"It's not about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward." At IPIC 2020 Virtual (IPIC's first-ever virtual conference), we shared the...
Artificial Intelligence Fuels TikTok’s Popularity; But Could That Very Asset Prevent Its Sale?
In a few weeks, TikTok’s parent company ByteDance will have to either complete the sale of TikTok’s US operations to an American company (contenders have included Microsoft,...
IPIC Members Elect New Board of Directors for 2020-2021
At IPIC’s Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, September 16, 2020, members voted in a new IPIC Board of Directors for 2020-2021. The Board is composed of nine members: four...
Stephanie Chong Elected IPIC’s First BIPOC President 2020-2021
IPIC is pleased to announce that for the first time since the Institute’s inception in 1926, it has elected Stephanie Chong as its first BIPOC President to serve for the...
IPIC Committee Profile: Conference Committee
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a big impact on conferences around the globe, and IPIC’s 2020 Annual Conference is no exception. For the first time in its history, IPIC has...