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MLT Aikins LLP
Intellectual property (IP) rights are key assets for businesses, so it's important to know what types of rights are protectable and what actions that can be taken to enforce these rights.
Fasken
In this era of open innovation, license agreements form the conduits that allow intellectual property ("IP") rights to flow from one organization to another.
Nelligan Law
This week, we embark on a flavorful journey through time, where family recipes not only tantalize taste buds but also safeguard tales of tradition and secrets passed down generations, particularly during the holiday season.
PCK Intellectual Property
After graduating from a university technology program, your new skills and ambition can open impressive opportunities for your career.
Torys LLP
Intellectual property (IP) refers to the exclusive ownership rights that you can have over intangible assets (i.e., ideas, not things). However, not all ideas are patentable or protectable.
Gowling WLG
In January 2019, we compared and contrasted trade secret enforcement in Canada to the United States. After what felt like a decades-long pandemic...
PCK Intellectual Property
To evolve with the global economy, Canadian companies, including startups, need to recognize the importance of IP within their business plans. Canadians have strong skills in innovation and development...
Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP
When an employee leaves their position there is potential risk for the employer, specifically in areas such as intellectual property, confidentiality and unfair competition.
Fasken
The protection of intellectual property is primarily a federal responsibility and is the subject of four principal federal statutes: Patent Act, Trademarks Act, Copyright Act, and Industrial Design Act.
Bereskin & Parr LLP
Innovative Canadian companies should take notice of the new Elevate IP program that is getting ready to launch. It was created as part of the federal government's National IP Strategy...
Bennett Jones LLP
Ahmed Elmallah presented to NAIT's Mawji Centre for New Venture and Student Entrepreneurship—the session was focused on IP protection and the value IP protection offers startups.
MLT Aikins LLP
Developing an intellectual property (IP) strategy can prove to be a daunting, costly process. If you're looking to protect and commercialize your IP, a government-sponsored program...
Watson Goepel LLP
An NDA is a Non-Disclosure Agreement, also referred to as a Confidentiality Agreement or "gag order." It is an agreement in which one party agrees not to speak to any number of facts...
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
The release of ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence ("generative AI") has been a boon for many industries, from marketing to healthcare – or so it is perceived by most to be that way.
Aird & Berlis LLP
As discussed previously in this series, there are inherent challenges in valuing intellectual property (IP) assets. Valuation requires an understanding of the marketability and commercial potential...
Dale & Lessmann LLP
By now, almost everyone probably has heard of chatGPT, well almost all. Many certainly have used it. It is no exaggeration to say that as we entered 2023, chatGPT has been an Internet phenomenon.
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Gowling WLG
As one method of safeguarding trade secrets and shielding them from misappropriation, companies often use non-competes and non-disclosure agreements (NDAs).
Gowling WLG
A case scenario, which follows the actions of a trade secrets thief around the world and looks at the mechanisms of the international enforcement process.
Gowling WLG
Our recent fireside chat between John Coldham, Gowling WLG UK Head of Brands and Designs, and his colleagues from Canada and China, as well as members of JurisAsia*,
Gowling WLG
The INTA 2023 Annual Meeting arrives at a time of great change for brand owners, trademark professionals and regulators worldwide. Groundbreaking advances in technology...
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