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Apple’s win could put smartphone competitors in a pinch

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • August 30 2012

A jury ruling in Apple’s favour over Samsung in the United States District Court could have a chilling effect on rivals, and leave them scrambling for alternatives to common touch-screen gestures used in consumer electronic devices

IP monitor - adventure company can’t jump the gap in trade-mark dispute

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • April 17 2012

Canadian sustainable-travel company, G.A.P. Adventures Inc., has suffered another blow in the latest round of its trade-mark dispute with American retail giant, The Gap, Inc

Bilski bungled begging bets on the future of business-related patents

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • October 12 2011

Heated debate over the future of business-related patents in North America continues

Canadian businesses beware: blessing of business patents in US will affect you

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • July 5 2010

Computer and other business-related inventions are not per se unpatentable

Does another recent decision from outside Canada have implications for the rights of universities in inventions made by their academic staff?

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • October 26 2009

Hot on the heels of an Australian decision in September, an October 1 decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.) gives further reason for universities to be vigilant in ensuring that the rights they hope to hold in inventions made by their academic staff are properly assigned

Patent protection and financial institutions are opportunities passing by?

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • April 23 2009

A look at industry shows that Canadian financial institutions are not fully committed to the protection of their innovations and technology through the filing of patent applications

Preserving solicitor-client privilege when engaging a public relations firm

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • March 14 2008

When confronted with significant litigation or a major event such as a product recall, regulatory investigation or takeover, a company may engage a public relations or communications (“PR”) firm to assist it in communicating with its stakeholders