China’s Patent Prosecution Highway Program (PPH)

As of 1 March 1, 2013, nine Patent Offices have entered into agreements with the State of Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of the People’... Read more »

The Cost of Selling Outside the Network

Case Considered – Beyond The Rack Enterprises Inc. v. Michael Kors 2013 FCA 107 This is an appeal by Beyond The Rack from a decision of Just... Read more »

Beware of Latest Trade-mark Scam

We have recently become aware of yet another scam that involves sending an unsolicited letter to a Canadian trade-mark owner and offering to... Read more »

Relevant Date for Assessing Sufficiency of Disclosure

Last month the Federal Court released a decision relating to an application brought by Novartis Pharmaceutical Canada Inc. ( Novartis ) unde... Read more »

Celebrate World IP Day at MBM Ottawa on April 26, 2013

World IP Day is an annual event organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It's main goal is to promote public a... Read more »

Ownership Issues in Due Diligence (Part 3 of an Occasional Series)

With IP transactions as with any other kind of transaction, ownership is a threshold question. Does the person selling or licensing IP or se... Read more »

Social Media Spring Cleaning for IP Professionals

With Spring in the air, it’s time to do a little social spring-cleaning on your social media profiles and presence. Even though you’re busy... Read more »