Intellectual Property
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January 29, 2025
Federal Court delists Regeneron patent, clearing path for Amgen biosimilar launch
The Federal Court has ruled that a patent for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) owned by New York-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is ineligible for inclusion on the patent register, clearing a barrier for Mississauga-based Amgen Canada to launch a biosimilar product.
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January 29, 2025
7 new partners for Aird & Berlis
Monica Carinci, Ryan Cohen, Matthew Helfand, Meredith McCann, Ian McLeod, Lawrence Veregin and Jonathan Yantzi are the newest partners at Aird & Berlis, the firm has announced.
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January 28, 2025
Inquiry calls for new prohibitions, penalties against foreign interference in Canada’s democracy
The federal Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference has recommended new prohibitions, fines and stiffer administrative monetary penalties (AMPs), as well as other legislative changes, to strengthen Canada’s defences against foreign interference in the country’s democratic processes.
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January 28, 2025
What OpenAI’s GDPR fine signals for Canadian organizations | Tara Sarvnaz Raissi
On Nov. 2, 2024, the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) fined OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, 15 million euros for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Garante found that OpenAI failed to report the breach of personal data, within its chatbot service, to the Garante and was non-compliant with GDPR’s breach notification requirements.
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January 27, 2025
Law societies provide helpful guidance on the client ID rules
All lawyers in Canada are required to verify the identity of their clients whenever the lawyer is involved in the receiving, paying or transferring of cash, currency, securities, negotiable instruments or other financial instruments. For lawyers outside of Quebec, the identity verification must be done using one of the following four methods:
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January 27, 2025
Competition Bureau: AI-based anti-competitive conduct may require changes to enforcement
Artificial intelligence (AI) could facilitate certain anti-competitive conduct such as AI-driven collusion that may require new or revised enforcement mechanisms, the Competition Bureau has stated in a report.
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January 27, 2025
Outgoing official languages watchdog cheers court wins, urges vigilance to protect language rights
In his swansong before ending his seven-year term this week, federal Commissioner of Official Languages Raymond Théberge celebrated his office’s litigation victories in support of language rights, while cautioning Canadians against complacency.
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January 23, 2025
SCC judge’s 13-year track record shows concern for fairness, privacy rights & access to justice
Supreme Court of Canada Justice Andromache Karakatsanis rarely attracts headlines, but her low public profile belies her impact on the legal landscape over the past 13 years in judgments that enforced the Charter rights of Canadians and pushed to expand access to justice, court watchers say.
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January 24, 2025
Exclusive: SCC’s Karakatsanis J. says job is ‘so extraordinary, it’s hard to think about doing anything else’
Supreme Court of Canada Justice Andromache Karakatsanis has seen many changes at the court since she was appointed in 2011 but its recent historic transformation into a fully bilingual female-majority court is “fantastic,” she says.
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January 22, 2025
Key trademark decisions in 2024
2024 was a better year for trademark owners and their advisors. The impact of the pandemic is behind us, and the processing delays in the Trademark Office are significantly improved.