Intellectual Property Law and Copyright Laws

In a major legal win for Canadian agribusiness innovation, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has successfully defended its intellectual property rights in the United States over the Staccato cherry, a late-ripening variety developed in Summerland, British Columbia.

In Ontario, business owners typically consider franchising versus licensing as they plan to grow their company. Both methods promote growth through the resources of a third party, but they work in dramatically different ways.

In part one of our IP licensing primer series, we discussed the concept of IP licensing and how the type of IP being licensed, ownership of the IP and other details can impact licensing agreements.

This paper summarizes selected developments in Internet law that occurred in 2010.

Environmental investigators are not allowed to seize private documents unless they have prior judicial authorization (i.e., a search warrant) or the consent of the owner of the documents.

On October 22, 2010, an American magistrate judge ruled that a plaintiff suing Universal Music Corp. for improperly sending a takedown notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) waived a number of heads of attorney-client privilege by discussing the details of her legal case by email and on a blog.

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.

Copyright Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Canada, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

A legal guide to developing and using artificial intelligence.

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