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Has A New Court Decision Changed The Rules For Design Marks In Canada?

A recent Federal Court of Appeal decision, Therme Development v. Nordik Spa Village (2026 FCA 85), may make it harder to register trademarks that contain descriptive wording...

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MLT Aikins LLP

Protéger ses droits d’auteur en ligne sans perdre le contrôle du récit

Le Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) américain offre un mécanisme de retrait rapide de contenus en ligne, mais son utilisation peut avoir des conséquences qui dépassent la simple protection du droit d'auteur. L'affaire Stephen Colbert illustre comment une demande de retrait juridiquement défendable peut devenir un outil de gestion de contenu tout en créant des risques réputationnels importants lorsqu'elle est perçue comme une tentative de contrôle narratif.

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BCF Business Law

Trademark Scams: How To Spot And Avoid Them And Protect Your Brand

Trademark scams targeting Canadian business owners are on the rise, with fraudsters impersonating lawyers and government officials to pressure victims into paying unnecessary fees or sharing sensitive information.

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Les Mis-Érables: The Fight To Be Earth’s Maple Capital

A sticky situation has arisen in Quebec as two communities have tapped themselves as the maple capital of the world. Plessisville, recognized as the Capitale mondiale de l’Érable (“World Maple Capital”)...

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Aird & Berlis LLP

Canada’s AI Strategy Starts But Falls Short On Ensuring Patent Protection For AI Inventions

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Marks & Clerk

Trademark Scams: How To Spot Them, Avoid Them, And Protect Your Brand

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Cassels On IP: June 2026

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Cassels

CIPO Maintains Non-Patentability Finding on Dusome Remand Under the New Patentable Subject Matter Framework

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Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP

IP Contributor Relationships: Protecting IP In Your Canadian Startup

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McKercher LLP

Trademarks Opposition Board Moves To Digital-Only Submission Of Confidential Information

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Goodmans LLP

Key Considerations—You Just Received A Trademark Demand Letter? Here’s What To Do Next

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Fasken

Funding Opportunities For Startups Available Until June 15th Though AccelerateIP

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Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP

IP Due Diligence In Canadian Business Transactions: Key Considerations

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Dentons Canada LLP

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

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Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP

Should You Incorporate? The Tax Advantages Of A Canadian-Controlled Private Corporation (CCPC)

Canada Commercial

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Devry Smith Frank LLP

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

Canada Commercial

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McKercher LLP

Crypto Tax Reporting: Canada vs. U.S. (2026); CRA Digital Asset Rules Compared To IRS Form 1099-DA Reporting

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Jan Marin On Birth Injury Support For Parents: You Did Nothing Wrong (Video)

Canada Litigation

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Gluckstein Lawyers

Digging Into Change: Ontario Proposes Updates To Archaeological Assessment Standards

Canada Real Estate

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Davies Howe

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Trademark Disputes

Patent Litigation

Copyright

Protéger ses droits d’auteur en ligne sans perdre le contrôle du récit

Le Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) américain offre un mécanisme de retrait rapide de contenus en ligne, mais son utilisation peut avoir des conséquences qui dépassent la simple protection du droit d'auteur. L'affaire Stephen Colbert illustre comment une demande de retrait juridiquement défendable peut devenir un outil de gestion de contenu tout en créant des risques réputationnels importants lorsqu'elle est perçue comme une tentative de contrôle narratif.

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BCF Business Law

Communications Regulation And Trade: How Canada-US-Mexico Trade Talks Impact Copyright (Video)

In this first episode, Kiera Boyd, an associate in Fasken’s Communications group, speaks with Jay Kerr-Wilson, head of Fasken’s Copyright group, about how the upcoming CUSMA review may affect copyright law in Canada.

Canada International

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Fasken

Cassels On IP: June 2026

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has released groundbreaking policy decisions imposing new expenditure requirements and discoverability obligations on online streaming services operating in Canada. These regulatory changes represent a significant modernization of Canada's broadcasting system, affecting both domestic broadcasters and foreign streaming platforms.

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Cassels

Funding Opportunities For Startups Available Until June 15th Though AccelerateIP

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Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP

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

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Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP

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

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Lenczner Slaght LLP

Le CRTC établit de nouveaux cadres relatifs à la découvrabilité et aux dépenses en émissions canadiennes

Canada Media & IT

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon 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

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Licensing & Syndication

Supreme Court To Hear Landmark Case Involving Mineral Rights And Licensing Regimes

The Supreme Court of Canada is poised to hear a case that will affect the future of mining and natural resource projects in British Columbia and across Canada. For participants in British Columbia's mining industry...

Canada Government

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Bennett Jones LLP

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

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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

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Patent

Canada’s AI Strategy Starts But Falls Short On Ensuring Patent Protection For AI Inventions

Canada's new National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, launched last week, returns several times to the idea that Canada should keep what it invents. It worries that “too many promising Canadian

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Marks & Clerk

CIPO Maintains Non-Patentability Finding on Dusome Remand Under the New Patentable Subject Matter Framework

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has issued a preliminary redetermination following the Federal Court's remand in Dusome v. Canada, applying a revised patentable subject matter framework to a poker game patent application.

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Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP

IP Contributor Relationships: Protecting IP In Your Canadian Startup

Saskatchewan startups often discover too late that unclear intellectual property ownership can derail fundraising and acquisitions. When founders, contractors, or employees contribute to a company's IP without proper documentation...

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McKercher LLP

Funding Opportunities For Startups Available Until June 15th Though AccelerateIP

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Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP

IP Due Diligence In Canadian Business Transactions: Key Considerations

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Dentons Canada LLP

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

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Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP

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

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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: How To Use A Patent (Video)

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Field LLP

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