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Jan

Get what every innovative organization needs: an IP plan, at zero cost

January 17, 2023ByMiles Steiningerexperts

Every Canadian technology company should join National Research Council’s Industrial Research Assistance Program. They have grants to fund your IP portfolio.

Jan

Does the death of the queen affect your patents?

January 11, 2023ByMiles SteiningerUncategorized, experts

When Queen Elizabeth II died in September 2022 she was the longest-serving monarch Canada has seen. Nobody practicing patent law today was practicing the last time the head of state changed. Does the event affect your patents?

Jan

It takes seven years to get your Canadian patent granted

January 3, 2023ByMiles SteiningerUncategorized, experts

It takes about six years from your filing date to get a patent issued in Canada. You have options to reduce or increase this time and there are reasons to want to do either.

Euler diagram of Canadian patent and trademark agents.

Dec

Counting Canadian patent and trademark agents

December 27, 2022ByMiles Steiningerexperts

We finally have a way to count the number of patent and trademark agents in Canada.

Dec

What is your seniority in Canadian patent agents?

December 19, 2022ByMiles SteiningerUncategorized, experts

See your seniority as a patent agent. As well, our profession should use people analytics.

Dec

Canadian patent agents take ten minutes to update your registration

December 12, 2022ByMiles Steiningerexperts

Canadian patent agents with privileges before the USPTO, please spend as little as ten minutes now to preserve your right to represent Canadians before the patent office of the United States. Also consider if our regulation system needs tweaking.

IP notices are like signs on the border of a property.

Dec

Master writing good IP notices

December 7, 2022ByMiles Steiningerexperts

It is easy to write an IP notice.

Nov

Trade secrets are not cheap or easy

November 29, 2022ByMiles Steiningerexperts

You are being misled by the promise of trade secrets being free and easy. Trade secrets can be part of a complete IP program as appropriate for your innovations and business.