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Funding Opportunities For Startups Available Until June 15th Though AccelerateIP

AccelerateIP offers Canadian startups substantial funding and mentorship to develop intellectual property strategies, with three program streams providing up to $85,000 in combined support for IP development, legal costs...

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Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP

IP Due Diligence In Canadian Business Transactions: Key Considerations

In today’s competitive marketplace, intellectual property (IP) and the IP rights that protect them are often among the most valuable assets a company possesses.

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Dentons Canada LLP

CIPO Offers Free IP PRIME Education Summit For Entrepreneurs On June 3, 2026

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office is hosting a complimentary one-day summit designed to equip small and medium enterprises with strategic knowledge for protecting, researching, innovating, marketing...

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Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP

Playing Offside: Ambush Marketing Risks Ahead Of FIFA World Cup 2026

Next month, Canada will be a host country for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with Toronto and Vancouver designated as host cities.

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Marks & Clerk

Pas si symboliques : les dommages-intérêts pour les propriétaires de marques confrontés à des contrefacteurs élusifs

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Smart & Biggar

La protection de votre marque en ligne : des mesures pour faire désactiver un nom de domaine

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Smart & Biggar

Brand Protection Online: Enforcement Options For Domain Name Takedowns

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Smart & Biggar

University Tech Transfer For Startups

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Not So Nominal: Damages Available For Brand Owners Facing Evasive Counterfeiters

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Smart & Biggar

Contrefaçon Par Intention Commune Dans L’affaire Adeia Guides Inc C Vidéotron Ltée : Une Première Au Canada

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Smart & Biggar

Adeia Guides Inc v Videotron Ltd: Infringement Through Common Design – A Canadian First

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Smart & Biggar

AI Writes Your Code. The Law Might Not Protect It.

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Lenczner Slaght LLP

Federal Court Grants Leave To Introduce Evidence Of Use On Appeal And Partially Reinstates Expunged Trademark Registration

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Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP

Old Brand, New Problems? Nike’s Attempt To Revive "Total 90” Soccer Cleats

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Goodmans LLP

A Guide To Canadian Corporate Dividend Tax Strategy

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

How The Canadian Foreign Accrual Property Income (FAPI) Regime Works—and Why It Matters To Foreign Corporations, Foreign Trusts

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

New Principles For AI Use In Ontario

Canada Technology

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Miller Thomson LLP

How To Master The 24-Month Holding Period Requirement For QSBC Shares And Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption In Canada

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Walking The Journey With Founders: Joe Gill’s Approach To Supporting Saskatchewan Startups (Video)

Canada Commercial

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McKercher LLP

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Funding Opportunities For Startups Available Until June 15th Though AccelerateIP

AccelerateIP offers Canadian startups substantial funding and mentorship to develop intellectual property strategies, with three program streams providing up to $85,000 in combined support for IP development, legal costs...

OW

Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP

CIPO Offers Free IP PRIME Education Summit For Entrepreneurs On June 3, 2026

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office is hosting a complimentary one-day summit designed to equip small and medium enterprises with strategic knowledge for protecting, researching, innovating, marketing...

OW

Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP

AI Writes Your Code. The Law Might Not Protect It.

On March 31, 2026, Anthropic inadvertently disseminated the source code for Claude Code, its AI-powered coding platform.

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Lenczner Slaght LLP

Paul Bain And Ciara Halloran Wrote The Canadian Chapter, "The Legal Regulation Of Art In Canada: Copyright, Moral Rights, And Cultural Property," For The International Publication, Art Law: A Practitioner's Guide To Art Law Around The World.

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Dickinson Wright PLLC

Think You Own Everything Your Employees Create? The Ontario Court Of Appeal Says Otherwise

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Torkin Manes LLP

Don’t Get Red-Carded: The FIFA Compliance Rules That Could Derail Your FIFA World Cup 2026™ Marketing

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WeirFoulds LLP

From The Eras Tour To The End Zone To The Storefront: Managing Deepfakes With A Thoughtful Trademark Strategy

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Dale & Lessmann LLP

UK Update On Copyright In The Age Of Generative Artificial Intelligence

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Cassels

Employer Or Employee: Who Owns The Copyright?

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Cassels

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Licensing & Syndication

Adeia Guides Inc v Videotron Ltd: Infringement Through Common Design – A Canadian First

A Canadian Federal Court has established groundbreaking precedent by holding a party liable for patent infringement under the doctrine of common design, even though the actual technology developer was not named as a defendant.

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Smart & Biggar

Contrefaçon Par Intention Commune Dans L’affaire Adeia Guides Inc C Vidéotron Ltée : Une Première Au Canada

Dans la plus récente affaire de la campagne menée par Adeia Guides Inc. (« Adeia », auparavant « Rovi Guides Inc ») pour faire valoir ses droits protégés par brevet à l’encontre de fournisseurs de services de câblodistribution canadiens...

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Smart & Biggar

From The Eras Tour To The End Zone To The Storefront: Managing Deepfakes With A Thoughtful Trademark Strategy

As generative AI makes it increasingly difficult to distinguish real from synthetic content, deepfakes pose mounting risks to high-profile figures and brands across sports, entertainment, and franchising.

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Dale & Lessmann LLP

Have Your Say – Part 1: Canadian Patent Office Seeking Input On Expedited Examination

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Torys LLP

Reaping Your Crop: Damages For Infringement Under Canada’s Plant Breeders’ Rights Act Granted For The First Time

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Torys LLP

Facing The Music: Copyright Controversy In Olympic Figure Skating

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Aird & Berlis LLP

Understanding IP Infringement Risk In Typeface Use In AI-Generated Content

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Bennett Jones LLP

Licence To Film: Surveillance In Accident Benefits Claims (Video)

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SBA Lawyers LLP

Fragmented And Shifting CRISPR Patent Landscape: Global Proceedings And The Patent Pool Solution

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Gowling WLG

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Patent

Funding Opportunities For Startups Available Until June 15th Though AccelerateIP

AccelerateIP offers Canadian startups substantial funding and mentorship to develop intellectual property strategies, with three program streams providing up to $85,000 in combined support for IP development, legal costs...

OW

Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP

IP Due Diligence In Canadian Business Transactions: Key Considerations

In today’s competitive marketplace, intellectual property (IP) and the IP rights that protect them are often among the most valuable assets a company possesses.

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Dentons Canada LLP

CIPO Offers Free IP PRIME Education Summit For Entrepreneurs On June 3, 2026

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office is hosting a complimentary one-day summit designed to equip small and medium enterprises with strategic knowledge for protecting, researching, innovating, marketing...

OW

Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP

Contrefaçon Par Intention Commune Dans L’affaire Adeia Guides Inc C Vidéotron Ltée : Une Première Au Canada

SB

Smart & Biggar

Adeia Guides Inc v Videotron Ltd: Infringement Through Common Design – A Canadian First

SB

Smart & Biggar

AI Writes Your Code. The Law Might Not Protect It.

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Lenczner Slaght LLP

Dormant DINs Revisited: MFN Pricing And The Evolving Impacts On Canada’s Patent Linkage Regime

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Fasken

A Strategic Guide To IPON: How Ontario Innovators Can Protect, Commercialize And Fund Their IP (And What’s New In 2026)

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Miller Thomson LLP

Health Canada Removes Phase III Trials For Biosimilars: What It Means For Patent Enforcement

Canada Healthcare

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

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Trade Secrets

Critical Minerals, Defence Demand, And The Quiet Rise Of IP Risk In Canada’s Supply Chain Strategy

Critical Minerals are playing an increasingly important role in the Canadian economy, not only as a significant income generator or, undeniably, from a defence standpoint...

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Marks & Clerk

Data Is A Key Resource For The Future Of Mining - And IP Strategy Is Key For Commercialization

The mining industry’s move toward autonomous and semi‑autonomous operations is already underway, but it is now entering a new phase and the industry is taking notice.

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Marks & Clerk

AI Generated "Slop" And Overreliance On Summaries: How IP Value Gets Diluted

This AI Insights Quick Read series examines a growing risk for innovation-driven businesses: how routine generative AI use can weaken confidentiality, compromise legal review, and erode the value of intellectual property.

Canada Technology

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Bennett Jones LLP

US v Heppner’s Lessons For Canada: AI Use, Confidentiality And IP Exposure

Canada Technology

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Bennett Jones LLP

Best Practices In Determining A Transfer Price: 2026 Transfer Pricing Guide – Part 1

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Launch And Protect: The Role Of Intellectual Property In The Canadian Space Sector

Canada Transport

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Gowling WLG

From Farm To Fund: A Practical Guide To Canadian Agritech M&A

Canada Commercial

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Miller Thomson LLP

Under The Hood: How Defence Startups Really Protect IP

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Aird & Berlis LLP

Canadian Trade Secrets: Year In Review 2025

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Cassels

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Latest Videos

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Who Has The Rights To Your Voice On A Podcast?

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Gardiner Roberts LLP

Licence To Film: Surveillance In Accident Benefits Claims (Video)

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SBA Lawyers LLP

Is Your Song Ready For A TV Or Film Placement? — Pitfalls To Avoid (Video)

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Edwards Creative Law

The YouTube-ification Of Canadian Copyright Law (Video)

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Procido LLP

IP Explained: Patents 101 (Video)

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Field LLP

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