Encouraging Innovation by Promoting Intellectual Property Education in Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions

On August 21st, 2017, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) released its five-year business strategy for 2017 to 2022. Of the five main strategies for supporting Canadian innovation and businesses, CIPO outlined a plan for building intellectual property (“IP”) awareness and education throughout Canada by expanding CIPO’s presence and partnerships in innovation focused networks and […]

Blockchain: Revolutionizing Content Creation, Registry and Dissemination in the Creative Industry

People often inadvertently refer to “Bitcoin” when they actually mean blockchain, perhaps largely because the Bitcoin cryptocurrency was the first application of blockchain. But, blockchain is more than cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency is a type of digital asset implemented using the blockchain technology. The blockchain technology allows cryptocurrencies to be stored and transferred on a distributed ledger using […]

Virgil Abloh’s “Trademark”

Virgil Abloh, the Creative Director of fashion house Off-White and currently one of the biggest designers in the fashion industry, may have some important legal decisions to make in the near future. Abloh has been using quotation marks around everything he associates with the Off-White brand. Whether it is a design feature on a shoe, a […]

Hacking the Sacrosanct Lawyer-Client Privilege

We have swiftly transitioned into a digital age and it seems as if information could be the new weapon of mass destruction. Cybercriminals have long realised just how valuable information can be and have been launching missiles at an unprecedented rate, resulting in copious causalities of information security breaches. Earlier this year, CNN reported that […]