Authors: Grant Stefanson and Anna Solmundson
The proposed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has been negotiated as a replacement of NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and was announced on September 30,… Read More
As those familiar with United States patent practice know, “file wrapper estoppel” is the use of communications with the patent office to interpret (read: narrow) the scope of the claims.… Read More
As part of last month’s unveiling of the 2018 Federal Budget, credit unions can place a prospective tick in their “win” column in the budget’s response to the June 2017… Read More
Many IT projects continue to have an alarmingly high failure rate. In a previous blog post we discussed the importance of identifying requirements and specifications at the start of the… Read More
On June 30, 2017, the Saskatchewan government proclaimed a new piece of legislation, the Saskatchewan Commercial Innovation Incentive (Patent Box) Act, c. S-10.2 (the “Act”).
The Act is intended to encourage… Read More
In the much-anticipated Supreme Court decision in AstraZeneca Canada Inc. v. Apotex Inc., 2017 SCC 36, the SCC has declared that the so-called “Promise Doctrine” is not the correct approach… Read More
The Supreme Court of Canada’s (SCC) decision in Google v. Equustek presents a major victory for intellectual property rights holders. In the right circumstances, injunctive relief may be obtained from… Read More
By clicking “agree” to the terms of use, millions of Canadians have agreed to resolve any legal issue with Facebook, Inc. in the jurisdiction of Santa Clara County. However, in… Read More
This post was written prior to our January 2017 merger, under our previous firm name, MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP.
Virtually every modern business understands that they need to protect their… Read More
This post was written prior to our January 2017 merger, under our previous firm name, MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP.
Update:This post was originally published on May 7, 2015 but these… Read More
