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CIPO Annual Report
May 16th, 2012

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has released its 2010-2011 Annual Report which includes reports on progress on client service, backlog and statistics. The Annual Report primarily addresses the achievements of CIPO’s goals with regards to its 2007-2012 Strategic Plan. As highlighted i... Read more »

Oracle v. Google
May 7th, 2012

A mixed verdict was issued today by the jury in the Oracle v. Google proceeding on the Android system and the Java language. The jury determined that Google has infringed the overall structure, sequence and organization of copyrighted works but the jury did not rule on Google’s “fair use... Read more »

ECJ on software
May 2nd, 2012

The European Court of Justice in SAS Institute Inc. v. World Programming Ltd, C‑406/10 held that functional aspects of software are not an “expression” protected by copyright. While recognizing that the source code and object code are protected by copyright under EU directives, the co... Read more »

Patents in 2011
May 1st, 2012

The number of patent applications published or that entered national phase in Canada in 2011 was down slightly. Smart & Biggar, Gowlings and Norton Rose remained the top three patent firms by volume of applications for 2011. My list of patents firms by volume is now available for 2011. The numbe... Read more »

Canadian Trademark firms in 2011
April 23rd, 2012

Trademark filings for 2011 were up about 7% from 2010. The percentage of trademark applications filed directly by the applicant increased from about 17% in 2010 to about 20% in 2011. My list of the top trademark firms by volume is now available for 2011.Gowlings, Smart & Biggar and Bereskin &... Read more »

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