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On June 1, 2022, Bill 96 An Act respecting French, the official common language of Quebec (the “Act”) came into force in Quebec. The Act brings modifications to the Charter of French Language (the “Charter”), which will impact…
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has launched a new online learning module to help guide you along the process of building an intellectual property (IP) strategy to align your IP assets and business goals in order to maximize…
The soon to be established IP Village, is intended to help small and medium-sized enterprises in Canada, utilize and leverage intellectual property effectively, to gain business and market share advantage.
The trademark registration process in Canada can be a lengthy process, beginning with a 15 to 18-month examination period before a trademark examiner informs you whether your trademark is registrable. Historically, if the examiner raised an issue with…
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has announce that the Madrid Protocol, the Singapore Treaty and the Nice Agreement came into force in Canada today, June 17, 2019.
On June 17, 2019, certain amendments to the Canadian Trademarks Act (the “Act”) and Trademarks Regulations (the “Regulations”), come into force, which amendments may impact your intellectual property. The Amendments The amendments to the Act and Regulations include…
To learn more about Multiple Wills and Probate Fees in British Columbia, the Foreign Buyer’s Tax, Anti-SPAM Law and the suspension of the Private Right of Action, as well recent developments at Barbeau Evans LLP, please see the:…
The Anti-Spam private right of action provisions, under Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (CASL), which were scheduled to become law on July 1st, 2017, have been suspended. The intent of the CASL legislation, was to provide that commercial electronic messages…
There are those that love music, and there are those that live music. Some members of our firm fall into the former category, but one of our clients falls squarely into the latter category: Angus Maude of Nyhla…
ChatGPT and the World of Law
One wonders if there is ever a moment when the internet is devoid, in one form or another, of hype and hysteria over a new video, song, software, thought, controversy or challenge (N.B. think bitcoin, the Kardashians, NFTs,…