You have filed your patent application, so you can relax? Sadly, no. An important, and...Read More

Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has laid out a five‑year business strategy that directly affects...Read More

Patent protection and design protection serve different purposes in an Intellectual Property  (IP) strategy. Although...Read More

If you are steering a growing Canadian business, your first instinct is likely to look...Read More

On July 17, 2026, the Supreme Court of Canada released its long-awaited decision in Pharmascience...Read More

Effective July 20, 2026, the USPTO will prohibit foreign‑domiciled applicants from representing themselves in patent...Read More

On 2025 October 27 the USPTO launched their Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program, which is...Read More

Canada spent billions developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) so the country has released a new strategy...Read More

Most people know an invention must be new, useful, and non-obvious. Obviousness or inventive step...Read More

Patenting the invention is usually the better route, as it gives broader rights that cover...Read More

The USPTO launched the Automated Pre-Examination Search Pilot Program on 2025 October 20 and it...Read More

Two common types of patent search in intellectual property practice are the patentability search (also...Read More