Canada: Intellectual Property

The Federal Court of Appeal's decision in SOCAN v. Apple Canada addresses when courts will review administrative decisions before they become final. The ruling establishes that even significant legal determinations made during bifurcated proceedings remain interlocutory until the administrative body completes its entire process. What threshold must parties meet to justify immediate judicial review of preliminary rulings?

The Delhi High Court has issued a preliminary ruling on whether AI training on copyrighted content constitutes infringement, distinguishing between the ingestion of works for model training and the generation of outputs. The decision addresses jurisdictional questions, fair dealing analysis, and the technical architecture of AI systems, offering guidance on how courts may evaluate copyright claims against large language models. While significant, this interlocutory ruling leaves several legal questions unre

The Federal Court has issued a landmark ruling on stream ripping services that circumvent YouTube's security measures to create permanent downloads of content meant only for streaming.

Découvrez les facteurs clés pour optimiser votre stratégie d'enregistrement de marques de commerce : quelles marques protéger en priorité, dans quels territoires investir, et comment choisir entre les systèmes nationaux, régionaux ou internationaux. Explorez les avantages et inconvénients de chaque approche pour maximiser la protection de vos actifs de propriété intellectuelle tout en maîtrisant vos coûts.

Franchisees play a crucial role in protecting franchise brands, but how exactly do they help maintain trademark rights? This article explores the legal requirements for trademark...

Starting July 20, 2026, the USPTO will require Canadian patent applicants and owners to use US registered patent practitioners for most patent matters. Canadian patent agents and lawyers already registered before the USPTO remain qualified to represent Canadian applicants, allowing coordination of North American patent strategy through a single team. Canadian applicants currently filing directly or through unregistered representatives should review their upcoming deadlines and ensure appropriate representat

The Saskatchewan Court of King's Bench has issued Canada's first damages award for plant breeders' rights infringement, adopting patent law principles to quantify substantial damages in a case...

La Cour du Banc du Roi de la Saskatchewan a rendu une décision historique accordant des dommages-intérêts substantiels pour violation de protection d'obtentions végétales, établissant ainsi un précédent important au Canada.

A Federal Court decision dismissed a patent infringement claim involving detergent formulations packaged in water-soluble film, finding problems with the plaintiff's experimental evidence and expert testimony. The court also invalidated certain patent claims for insufficient disclosure, ruling that the inventor failed to reveal which formulations succeeded or failed during the patent application process.

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has just released a report based on extensive roundtables it held with SMEs across Canada.

Canada's federal government and common law provinces lack a general 'right of publicity' protecting personality rights as property. This article examines the limited statutory provisions covering personality rights in Canada, with Quebec as a notable exception under civil law jurisdiction.

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