Two appointments to the Federal Court today: Justice Thorne and Justice Brouwer; adding to the appointment of Justice Ferron to the Federal Court earlier this week. www.ippractice.ca/2025/03/appo...
From @ieeespectrum.bsky.social on AI inventing: "Iprova begins sending their company proposals for patentable inventions in their area of interest. Any resulting patents will name humans as the inventors, but those humans will have benefited from Iprova’s AI tool." spectrum.ieee.org/ai-inventions
Here's the Statement of Claim in the suit brought against OpenAI today by Torstar, Postmedia, The Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press, and CBC/Radio-Canada: litigate.com/assets/uploa...
Two private member bills C-244 and C-294 amending the Copyright Act have received royal asset. Both bills address exceptions to Technology Protection Measures (TPMs) https://bit.ly/4fO7sJ4 #copyright #tpms
Privacy Commissioner v. Facebook @FedCourtApp_en reverses in Cambridge Analytics: "if the reasonable person would not have understood what they consented to, no amount of reasonable efforts on the part of the corporation can change that conclusion."...
Bereskin & Parr @bereskinparr to join @SmartBiggar under @IPHLimited ownership as of the end of September https://www.iphltd.com.au/news-and-insights/2024/iph-member-firm-smart-biggar-to-combine-with-premier-canadian-ip-firm-bereskin-parr/
Canadian patent database from @CIPO_Canada is back online. It has been offline for an upgrade since early July
AI authorship in Canada? @cippic starts JR of AI co-authored registered copyright https://www.ippractice.ca/file-browser/?fileno=T-1717-24
Proposed amendments on @CIPO_Canada TMOB practice published in Canada Gazette on cost awards, confidentiality and case management https://www.ippractice.ca/2024/06/trademark-regulations-3/
Patent Term Adjustment is coming soon. Amendments to Patent Rules published in Canada Gazette for consultation https://www.ippractice.ca/2024/05/patent-term-adjustment-2/
New amendments to the Patent Rules to address incorrect fee information published on @CIPO_Canada website and notices for certain small entity fees: https://www.ippractice.ca/2024/04/cipo-waiver-2/
27,505 patents granted in Canada in 2023 by @CIPO_Canada - top recipients were Boeing, Halliburton Energy Services, Huawei Technologies, 10353744 Canada Ltd. and Qualcomm https://www.ippractice.ca/2024/01/patentees-2023/
“Adults between 35 and 49 were the most likely age group to report having had long covid.” https://wapo.st/3TQpYsa
Australian-based intellectual property services group, @IPHLimited acquires @ROBICCanada. It acquired @RidoutMaybee in September and @SmartBiggar in October 2022 https://www.iphltd.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ASX-Announcement.pdf
DC District Court: AI-Created Works Ineligible for Copyright from @patentlyo https://patentlyo.com/patent/2023/08/district-ineligible-copyright.html
“IPH member firm Smart & Biggar to combine with leading Canadian IP services firm, Ridout & Maybee” https://www.iphltd.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2591971.pdf
Fee increases for patents and trademarks to increase by about 25% as of January 1, 2024 - amendments to Patent Rules and Trademark Regulations registered June 1 https://bit.ly/3oUQIuH
A new consolidated practice notice and e-filing portal has been announced by the @FedCourtApp_en
Appointments to the FCA and FC - Dr. Gerald Heckman of the University of Manitoba was appointed to the @FedCourtApp_en; John Cotter of Oslers was appointed an Associate Judge of the @FedCourt_CAN_en https://bit.ly/42og2qC
Patent term adjustment to come to Canada in proposed amendments to the Patent Act https://www.ippractice.ca/2023/04/patent-term-adjustment/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter
Four 'Old Act' Patents filed in the late 70s and early 80s were granted earlier this year by @CIPO_Canada https://www.ippractice.ca/2023/04/old-act/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter
Electronic trademark correspondence coming to @CIPO_Canada to replace the current paper-based system. Firms can sign up by fax(!) or mail http://bit.ly/3K05QiB
Proposed amendments to Federal Court's costs tariff regime published - 25% increase in assessed costs https://www.ippractice.ca/2023/02/costs-2/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter
Michael Crinson was appointed an Associate Judge of the @FedCourt_CAN_en today. Appointments were also made today to the courts in Ontario and Quebec https://www.ippractice.ca/2023/02/appointments-12/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter
Federal Court considers personal information, postal codes and the potential of re-identification of anonymized personal health data https://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fc-cf/decisions/en/item/522872/index.do
New CIPO fees effective January 1st. And a Canada Gazette consultation on a 25% fee increase for January 2024 https://www.ippractice.ca/2023/01/fees-2/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter
The @USPTO is requesting Canadian patent agents who wish to remain registered to practice before the USPTO to confirm their status by January 6, 2023 https://www.ippractice.ca/2022/12/uspto-patents-agents/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter
Order fixing December 30 for copyright extension to life + 70 years published in Canada Gazette today https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2022/2022-12-07/html/si-tr58-eng.html
Unified Patent Court delayed by 2 months: "As a consequence, the Sunrise Period will start on 1 March 2023 followed by the entry into force of the UPCA on 1 June 2023." https://www.unified-patent-court.org/en/news/adjustment-timeline-start-sunrise-period-1-march-2023
