WIPO’s “Closing the Gender Gap: Looking at Good Practices” shows us how to forge the path for gender parity in IP, from any part of the world

Did Anthony Bourdain Actually Say That? Current Legal Responses to Audio Deepfakes

WIPO’s “Closing the Gender Gap in IP: Exploring Multistakeholder Initiatives”- Wielding Inclusivity through Technology

Celebrating World IP Day: What comes next for the IP Innovation ChatBot?

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Coming to the Trade-Marks Act

Trade-mark law in Canada is poised for transmutation thanks to the 2014 Federal Budget of all things.

World Intellectual Property Day 2014

Happy World IP Day! Wow, how many times have you said something like that before? World Intellectual Property Day? Yes, IP has come a long way. Since 2000, member states (currently 187 member states) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) designated April 26 (even when it falls on a Saturday like this year) as World […]

Canadians Make Their Mark on Global Guide for Museum IP

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has updated its Guide on Managing Intellectual Property for Museums, with two Canadians playing major roles in the Guide’s creation.

Canadian Objection to proposed .mls domain .rejected

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has rejected the Legal Rights Objection (LRO) of the Canadian Real Estate Association of Ottawa to the registration of the generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) .mls by Afilias Limited. While the WIPO Panel acknowledged that while the Association possesses a valid legal right to the term "MLS", they found it was […]

.shut-out for Legal Rights Objections in New gTLD Registrations

As of July 25th, WIPO has rejected all of the first 14 Legal Rights Objections (LRO) filed in response to applications for the registration of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). While there are still over 50 Objections yet to be decided, the rejection of all the objections so far have some commentators beginning to question the effectiveness of the process.

WIPO Conference: Bringing Copyrighted Works to Visually Impaired Persons and People with Print Disabilities

From June 18- 28, nation states were conducting negotiations for an international treaty to secure copyright exceptions for the visually impaired and people with print disabilities. These discussions, hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), may secure the ability of nation states to allow conversion of published works to braille, large print and audio […]