On March 13, 2020, Canada’s House of Commons and Senate both passed Bill C-4, the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act (the “Act”), which received royal assent the same day. This…
Category: Patents
Packaging is Prime Area for Delivering on Green Innovation
Every April 26, the World Intellectual Property Organization celebrates World IP Day. This year’s theme is “Innovation for a Green Future”, which celebrates how intellectual property (IP) law can support…
Bill C-13 (Covid-19 Emergency Response Act) amendments to Patent Act
The typical justification for modern patent systems is that of incentive-based utilitarianism: there exists a level of IP protection that produces an optimal balance of production of intellectual works and…
How much does a patent cost? And why
As a clinic fellow, the question I receive most often is: How much does a patent cost? Unfortunately, this is not an easy question to answer. The exact cost of…
Tesla’s Patent Pledge: An altruistic act or a stroke of marketing genius?
It’s been more than five years since Tesla’s Patent Pledge, which saw Elon Musk announce that the company “will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants…