Intellectual Property
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January 16, 2025
New intellectual property senior counsel for DLA Piper
Gunars Gaikis has joined the Toronto office of DLA Piper (Canada) LLP as senior counsel in the intellectual property and technology group.
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January 16, 2025
In win for generic drug firms, Federal Court upholds Health Canada’s patent listing policy
The Federal Court has upheld Health Canada's decision not to retroactively change the listing date of a patent to its submission date, highlighting that patents are only added to the patent register after they are found to be eligible.
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January 16, 2025
Notable copyright decisions in 2024
A summary of notable copyright decisions is set out below. It has been another busy year.
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January 10, 2025
New course at B.C. law school asking whether robots should have legal protections
Novelist Philip K. Dick once asked whether androids dreamed of electric sheep. And now a new course offered by the University of British Columbia (UBC)’s school of law is asking whether they should have standing in court.
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January 08, 2025
Five join partnership at DLA Piper (Canada) LLP
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP welcomes the addition of five lawyers to partnership: Bill de Jong, Michal Kasprowicz, Carly Meredith; Christopher Pejovic, and Struan Robertson.
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January 07, 2025
Court stays CRTC order requiring streaming services to fund Canadian content
The Federal Court of Appeal has stayed payment obligations under a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) order requiring large streaming companies to contribute a portion of their revenues toward promoting Canadian content, pending the outcome of a judicial review.
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January 07, 2025
Directors’ liability for corporate infringement
The U.K. Supreme Court recently considered this issue and have taken an approach that emphasizes knowledge of the essential features of the tort is necessary to justify imposing liability (Lifestyle Equities CV v. Ahmed [2024] UKSC 17).
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January 06, 2025
Government bills die on order paper as Parliament prorogues, Justin Trudeau announces departure as PM
After more than nine years as Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau announced that Parliament is prorogued until March 24, 2025, and that he will step down as prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada once his successor has been chosen “through a robust nationwide competitive process.”
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January 06, 2025
Invalidating a design by premature disclosure on social media
There is a one-year grace period for filing an industrial design. If the design has been disclosed more than one year before the priority date of the application the registration of the design will be potentially invalid. Several decisions in the European Union have found designs invalid based on prior disclosure in social media posts.
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January 06, 2025
Co-chair of Canadian intellectual property and technology group appointed
DLA Piper (Canada) LLP announced that David Spratley has been named the co-chair of the firm’s Canadian intellectual property and technology group.