About Us
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We offer affordable IP services for small and medium-sized businesses in Canada and abroad. We utilize a range of seamless digital tools designed to simplify and make working with us more productive and secure including our encrypted filing sharing platform.
Practice Areas
We provide general business law and health regulatory law services.
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Trademarks, Prosecution, and IP Portfolio Management
We provide practical advice and offer various types of intellectual property (IP) services and trademark infringement.
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IP Monetization
Since no IP sells itself, we can assist you to leverage of your IP assets.
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IP Enforcement and Litigation
Our litigation practice covers a wide range of IP disputes and enforcement proceedings.
Our Mission
We are committed to achieving excellent results through aligning business strategy with protecting your valuable ideas.
Recent Posts
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Managing IP in the AI Value Chain
What is Behind Bill C-294?
Recent Work
Securing Trademark Protection In...
Managing IP in the AI Value Chain
Facing a new frontier in the data space, in 2017 Canada established the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy which was the world’s first national AI strategy. Please see: https://cifar.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/aican-impact-2023-eng.pdf. Along the same lines, the UK’s National AI strategy includes ten common principles for generative AI use. Please see: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/generative-ai-framework-for-hmg. Last year’s emergence of generative-AI systems has renewed
What is Behind Bill C-294?
Despite today’s advanced computing with powerful emerging technologies such as generative AI’s booming ChatGPT tool, there remains many software and data silos as well as “platform bubbles” which may impede the creation of new products and services by innovators and entrepreneurs in Canada. As further modernization of the copyright laws in Canada, Bill C-294 [See:
Recent Work
We’re kicking off the Fall season by highlighting some of our recent work: Acted as Special Counsel to Toronto-based data management company in the purchase and sale of 7-figure ($CAD) Internet domain name. Represented software company in negotiation of agreements relating to the licensing of patented cryptographic schema dealing with digital data security, privacy and
Keeping Up With Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT): Feds Launch Consultation on Copyright Framework
AI and IoT each represent a major technological evolution which raise questions about the future of copyright laws in our data-driven economy and AI marketplace. Background The recently launched “Consultation on a Modern Copyright Framework for AI and IoT” on July 16, 2021 seeks to ensure that Canada’s copyright framework can handle recent advancements in
Dueling Crime Stories: When Seeking Copyright Protection Backfires
Even in today’s digital era of fake news stories, conspiracy theories and misinformation, there are limits on copyright protection when asserting infringement against others. Winkler v. Hendley, 2021 FC 498 reaffirms the long-standing Canadian legal authority that copyright does not protect facts (e.g. non-fictional events in history and persons). On a summary judgment motion, the
Celebrating World Intellectual Property Day 2021
On 26 April 2021, we wish to recognize all small and medium-sized businesses everywhere as true “heroes” in the post-COVID world economy.