If an artificially intelligent system invents a product, should patent authorities recognize it as the inventor of the innovation? Currently, a group of advocates, including scientists, legal experts and a…
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Saying Goodbye to (not so) Forever 21
On September 29, fast fashion retailer Forever 21 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, pursuant to the US bankruptcy code, closing 350 stores worldwide and all of its 44 stores in…
The New Experimentation Right in Canadian Patent Law
Amendments to the Patent Act, passed in 2018 to replace a prior clumsily worded provision enacted 25 years earlier, state that a patent or certificate of supplementary protection is not…
Combination of patent law, copyright can protect AI innovation, panel suggests
This article was originally posted on thelawyersdaily.ca How courts deal with the concept of authorship is an area to watch as artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more creative and humanlike, noted…
IP Year in Review 2018 – A Milestone Year for IP Osgoode and Ground-breaking Changes in the Canadian IP landscape
As we settle into 2019, we look forward to topping the successes of the last year! Ten years ago IP Osgoode, Osgoode’s flagship Intellectual Property Law and Technology Program, was…
Unwrapping File Wrapper Estoppel: Some Effects of Bill C-86
To the delight of patent litigators everywhere, the doctrine of file wrapper estoppel is about to be implemented in Canadian Patent Law. After more than 18 years since Justice Binnie…