Ensuring IP rights stay with Canadians has been deemed critical for the future of economic prosperity in Canada. The 2019 IP Canada report highlighted that the majority of industrial designs,…
Category: IP Innovation Clinic
Intellectual Property Literacy in Engineering Programs: Empowering the Next Generation of Canadian Innovators
Intellectual Property (IP) literacy is often overlooked in Canadian universities’ engineering programs. Engineers are trained to think creatively and come up with innovative solutions for our modern-day problems. However, they…
You’ve got a patent, now what?
Congratulations inventor, you’ve made it this far and you are now the proud owner of a patent! The process of getting the patent was long, and costly, so now that…
Your Next Pair of Sneakers Might Be Made Out of Fire & Here's Why
In a saturated eCommerce market, the majority of consumers are very familiar with the easily accessible ‘Add to Cart’ option. However, with the advent of digital fashion, online shopping and…
Is COVID-19 related to Malaria? - Intellectual Property in International Commercial Arbitration
This year, I had the honor of representing Osgoode Hall at the 2021 Willem C. Vis Moot alongside Delila Bikic, Camille Chen, Harleen Kaur and Frances Wu. The Vis Moot…
Non-fungible Tokens: Commercializing Exclusive Digital Art
With more and more of the world’s most powerful corporations and eccentric billionaires embracing Bitcoin in the recent weeks and months, clearly blockchain-based services have well and truly found their…