Intellectual property

BLG upgrades intellectual property group with Noelle Engle-Hardy as partner

BLG upgrades intellectual property group with Noelle Engle-Hardy as partner

She focuses on anti-counterfeiting, trade secrets, brand management, and French language law issues

Trademark fraudsters becoming more aggressive and sophisticated in Canada, say lawyers

Trademark fraudsters becoming more aggressive and sophisticated in Canada, say lawyers

Scammers are now impersonating lawyers from well-known firms, say IP experts

How a search for flexibility and meaning led IP lawyer May Cheng to leave the large law firm world

How a search for flexibility and meaning led IP lawyer May Cheng to leave the large law firm world

The Top 25 winner says technology has lowered barriers for lawyers to strike out on their own

Federal Court rejects bid to reinstate expired industrial design registrations

Federal Court rejects bid to reinstate expired industrial design registrations

The one party wrongly blamed the IP office's systems for its failure to pay maintenance fees

Federal Court of Appeal schedules hearings for patent and broadcasting cases

Federal Court of Appeal schedules hearings for patent and broadcasting cases

Cases set at Federal Court this week involve an employment condition, voting, damages

Alberta Court of Appeal confirms federal limitation period applies to patent infringement claims

Alberta Court of Appeal confirms federal limitation period applies to patent infringement claims

The court rejected the application of the two-year limitation period under provincial law