For many Canadian startups, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has been, is,...Read More

When Barry and Wyatt Dusome first took on the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) without...Read More

Plant breeders’ rights are a quiet corner of Canadian intellectual property. For decades, the Plant...Read More

Founders and executives often view provisional patent applications as a low-cost way to lock in...Read More

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