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MBM Successfully Upholds Agreement to Restrict Use of Descriptive Terms – This time before the Court of Appeal for Ontario
MBM Successfully Upholds Agreement to Restrict Use of Descriptive Terms – This time before the Court of Appeal for Ontario...
Methods of Medical Treatment in Canada
Claims directed to methods of medical treatment are considered to be directed to non-statutory subject matter...
EXPEDITING EXAMINATION IN CANADA - CHOOSING A PATH
There are currently three options available in Canada by which an Applicant can expedite issuance of a patent...
When must a party comply with a provision in a contract which is silent as to its time of performance
Before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Jonathan Roch of MBM Intellectual Property Law LLP, representing Skipper Online Services (SOS) Inc. d.b.a. Boaterexam.com, successfully defended...
LION NOW ROARS LOUDER IN CANADA
It has been a long-standing position of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office that sounds cannot function as trademarks. While many countries in the world recognize and routinely register sound marks....
MBM Successfully Upholds Agreement to Restrict Use of Descriptive Terms
Before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Scott Miller of MBM Intellectual Property Law LLP, representing Skipper Online Services (SOS) Inc. d.b.a. Boaterexam.com, successfully brought an application (No. 11-52596) to enforce an agreement which restricted...
Protecting Plant Varieties in Canada
Protection for new plant varieties has been available for just over twenty years in Canada. As new technologies are sought for increasing and improving crop production, Plant Breeders’ Rights help to encourage such innovation by rewarding plant breeders with exclusive rights to sell, and to produce for sale, the reproductive material of their new plant variety.
No Excuses. Canada Must Deliver New Copyright Legislation To The International Community
Now that Stephen Harper has achieved majority with an unexpected May 2nd win, there is no reason why the long awaited amendments to Canada’s Copyright legislation should not be passed into law...
Clarifications to the Data Protection Guidance Document
Health Canada recently announced that section 2.1 of its Guidance Document re: Data Protection has been amended to clarify that the prior approval of a medicinal ingredient in a drug for veterinary use will not preclude the granting of data protection for a drug for...
