@YOUR_COMPANY: Understanding and Protecting Your Company’s Social Media Rights
Social media: love it, or hate it, it is becoming increasingly clear that Canadian businesses should not ignore it. Facebook now ranks with Google as ... Continued
The Long and Winding Road – CIPO’s Ongoing Quest for Major Changes to the Trade-marks Act
At a recent International Trademark Association (“INTA”) Roundtable held in Vancouver, BC (the “Roundtable”), a representative from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) commented on ... Continued
New Anti-spam Bill: Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act
Canada’s newly resurrected Anti-Spam legislation (Bill C-28), which would enact the Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act (“FISA”), essentially mimics the key provisions of the ... Continued
Good Faith in Canadian Patent Prosecution
The Canadian Patent Act requires good faith in prosecuting patent applications, mandating that: 73. (1) An application for a patent in Canada shall be deemed ... Continued
Domain Name Update
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) recently announced a welcome change to its registration system. CIRA has redesigned its domain name registration system to migrate ... Continued
Third Time’s The Charm? Significant Canadian Copyright Reform Bill Introduced
In early June, the Conservative government introduced new legislation into Parliament that, if passed, would significantly reform the Canadian Copyright Act. Titled the Copyright Modernization ... Continued
Significant Change to Canadian Trade-mark Prosecution Practice Concerning Extensions of Time to Respond to Examiner’s Reports
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) recently announced a significant change to its practice regarding the grant of extensions of time in its examination of ... Continued
Hyperlink With Caution
On September 15, 2009, almost a year after the appeal was heard, the British Columbia Court of Appeal handed down the judgment in Crookes v. ... Continued
Domain Names Update
As an update to our June 2009 edition of Knowledge Bytes regarding the expansion of generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), it appears that there will ... Continued
Bankruptcy and Intellectual Property Licences in Canada: It’s the End of Uncertainty as We Know It – Or is It?
On September 18, 2009 a number of important amendments to the Canadian Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (“BIA”) and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (“CCAA”) went ... Continued
Canadian Intellectual Property Office Tosses IP Rights-Holders Several Change-Ups
While baseball’s fall classic has recently wrapped up, change-ups and knuckleballs are still being tossed through the autumn air by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office. ... Continued
New Anti-Spam Bill May Be Tough to Stomach
Canada’s proposed new Anti-Spam legislation (Bill C-27), which would enact the Electronic Commerce Protection Act (“ECPA”), has recently gone through a second reading in the ... Continued