Intellectual Property Law and Copyright Laws

A key debate surrounding patents and AI is whether inventions created solely by AI can be patented. The basis of the patent laws in Canada, as well as those in many other countries around the globe.

L'un des principaux débats concernant les brevets et l'IA porte sur la question de savoir si les inventions créées uniquement par..

Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind. This includes inventions, software, blueprints, books, photographs, music, names and logos used in commerce...

On June 8, 2012, Genentech’s lawsuit seeking a declaration that US Patent No. 6,733,752 was invalid and not-infringed by Genentech’s trastuzumab product (HERCEPTIN).

Health Canada specifically contemplates certain proteins as SEBs in its Guidance, although Health Canada has not limited SEBs to only particular classes of drugs.

On May 23, 2012, the Federal Court held that Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. ("Merck") is liable to Apotex Inc. ("Apotex") for damages under section 8 of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (the "Regulations"), but exercised its discretion to reduce the amount of compensation payable based on a defence of ex turpi causa.

With the rapid growth of generative artificial intelligence (AI) usage worldwide, a key issue that has arisen for copyright owners is how to protect their work against infringement...

The first major decision on copyright liability in AI, Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence, provides critical insight into how copyright laws will be applied in the context of generative AI training.

Asset securitization offers an efficient structuring solution to finance and capitalize certain businesses. It has been used in Canada and internationally to finance and refinance auto...

In a recently rendered decision the Higher District Court of Hamburg considered Rapidshare to be liable for copyright infringements taking place on Rapidshare’s servers and thereby upheld its previous line of decisions.

ICANN’s online application system was taken offline on April 12, 2012 in order to protect applicant data.

You may recall our earlier posts describing the gTLD process (see: The New gTLDs: Who, What and When).