A New Way To Do Music – Nyhla Records Inc.

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…

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Financial Assistance for Your Intellectual Property

Did you know that the Government of Canada has various financing assistance programs that could cover costs associated with protecting and acquiring intellectual property (IP) rights? From administrative fees to hiring an IP professional (i.e. the lawyers at…

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Barbeau Evans LLP

We are excited to announce that some changes to our practice are coming in the new year! Barbeau Evans LLP.

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Thanks Paul – Ride for the Cure

Congratulations goes out to Paul Barbeau for tallying the most donation dollars during the month of January, making him our Monthly Quest for the Gold Jersey winner!

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Changes in Trademark Legislation – Canada

On June 19th 2014 the Government of Canada's Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1 was given Royal Assent and with it comes amendments to the Trade-marks Act.

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The Trademark Clearinghouse is Working

For information on the Trademark Clearinghouse, please review our prior post on this matter here. The Trademark Clearinghouse has been operating for the past year and has released data which shows that over 500,000 Claims Notices  have been…

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Protecting Business Property – Domain Names

One asset that can be overlooked when a business relationship breaks down is the domain names operated for the benefit of the Company.  This is the situation that a company in Ontario, Mold.ca.Inc.,  found themselves in when their…

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The Evolution of Non-Disclosure Agreements

The multi-jurisdictional protection of intellectual property, related trade secrets, know-how and business methodology is moving away from the "standard issue" Non-Disclosure Agreements (the "NDA"), toward a more comprehensive and multi-layered Non-Disclosure, Non-Use, Non-Competition and Non-Circumvention Agreement (the "NDUCCA").

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