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In episode 15 of Canadian IP Voices, we were joined by Paul Gagnon and Misha Benjamin, experts on how to protect data and artificial intelligence (AI).
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June 14, 2023 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Trademarks | Having a unique name, whether it is used in the marketplace, online or when carrying out business transactions, is an important consideration for business owners.
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May 18, 2023 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Copyright | In episode 15 of Canadian IP Voices, we were joined by Paul Gagnon and Misha Benjamin, experts on how to protect data and artificial intelligence (AI).
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April 26, 2023 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Success stories | For World IP Day this year, we're featuring a Canadian who is a champion for women and also a trailblazing innovator. Julie MacDonell, co-founder and CEO of Haloo, is a senior lawyer specializing in trademarks. She has over a decade of experience helping entrepreneurs and large companies registering their trademarks both in Canada and abroad.
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April 24, 2023 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Copyright | World Intellectual Property (IP) Day is celebrated every year on April 26. This year, the theme is "Women and IP: Accelerating innovation and creativity".
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April 21, 2023 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Copyright | In Episode 16 of the Canadian IP Voices podcast, we talk about open source software and licensing with Jules Gaudin, a lawyer at ROBIC who specializes in intellectual property (IP) and technology law.
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April 17, 2023 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property | World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated every year on April 26.
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March 21, 2023 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Success stories | Moment Factory's goal is simple: to get people out of their homes and into a collective experience. The Montreal-based multimedia studio, co-founded by Sakchin Bessette and Dominic Audet, specializes in designing and producing immersive environments, combining video, lighting, architecture, sound and special effects. Since its inception in 2001, Moment Factory has created over 500 productions and now has offices in Montreal, Paris, Tokyo, New York and Singapore.
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January 30, 2023 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Patents | The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has directed its economic research and patent analytics capabilities to focus on standard-essential patents.
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December 23, 2022 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property | In celebration of the holiday season, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) ran a social media campaign entitled "12 days of CIPO."
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November 18, 2022 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property | Are you an ambitious entrepreneur with plans to start or expand your own business? Intellectual property (IP) rights can protect the inventions and creations that drive your business and can help you gain exclusive rights in the market place. For this year's Global Entrepreneurship Week, we will be looking at some important tips to consider when thinking about your business's IP.
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June 9, 2022 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Industrial | In a sea of interior design and home décor brands, Umbra stands out thanks to the originality of its products. Headquartered in Toronto, the home accessories manufacturer boasts an impressive breadth and depth of products, sold through thousands of retailers around the world including in China, Brazil and the Netherlands.
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April 26, 2022 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Secret | Jihene Jouini and Vicky Mansharamani, founders of 100 Global Inc. know that being concerned about the environment is a global movement. They also know that our planet is rich with sustainable resources that can help people make better choices. One such resource is bamboo. It grows faster than most trees and in places where many other plants can't.
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April 26, 2022 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Patents | Clean water is vital for aquafarmers because healthy fish need healthy water. Aquaculture ponds and tanks rely on filtration systems, which often means filtered water needs to be trucked or dumped. So, engineers and scientists at Clean Valley CIC have come up with sustainable solutions by mimicking nature.
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April 26, 2022 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property, Success | Omy Laboratories is the result of a passion for the design and production of personalized, natural and 100% vegan beauty care products that don't contain any unnecessary ingredients.
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April 21, 2022 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property | April 21 is World Creativity & Innovation Day! The theme for this year is "collaboration", and in these uncertain times, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is continuing to work with our clients towards achieving their creative and innovative objectives.
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April 11, 2022 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property, Success | Keri Gray, the owner of Shades of Gray, is a member of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation. Her Indigenous-owned company manufactures organic pet treats filled with health benefits from the company's farm products.
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February 28, 2022 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Copyright | In episode 11, How to play someone's music online, we sat down with James Leacock, director of Royalty Collections at the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), to discuss the IP rights, procedures and licences needed to play someone else's music in a commercial situation.
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February 24, 2022 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Patents | In episode 9, Marie-Claude Gagnon, patent examiner at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), provides hints from her experience with the examination process.
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February 22, 2022 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property | In episode 6 of IP Voices, you can learn how to deal with pirate copies of products circulating in the Canadian marketplace. Lorne Lipkus, a lawyer known for effective anti-counterfeit enforcement, shares his expertise about counterfeit goods.
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February 14, 2022 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Trademarks | With its iconic red and white maple leaf design, the Canadian flag is one of the most recognizable symbols of our cultural heritage.
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February 11, 2022 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Patents | A blog post about how to apply for a patent, the actions individuals can take to protect their inventions and the role of a patent illustrator.
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February 10, 2022 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property | In episode 4 of IP Voices, Todd Bailey, chief intellectual property officer at Scale AI, helps us navigate through the complex challenge of building an artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem in Canada that goes beyond just developing this cutting-edge technology. Read on (and listen in) to find out what steps Canadian innovators can take to leverage and protect their AI innovations.
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February 7, 2022 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property | In episode 3 of IP Voices, Becky Illson-Skinner, senior program advisor and the program and policy lead for the Intellectual Property Rights Program at the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA), explains Canada's border enforcement measures to combat counterfeit products and goods entering Canada.
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February 3, 2022 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property | In episode 2, "Protect your IP in Amazon stores," Mary Beth Westmoreland, Amazon's Vice President of Brand Protection, talks about what Amazon does to protect sellers and their IP against infringement online, and what new sellers need to know before they start selling their products on the platform.
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February 1, 2022 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property | In episode 1, "Why use an IP agent?", Louis Martineau, a registered patent and trademark agent at Lespérance and Martineau in Montreal, provides insights on what an IP agent does and how hiring one can help businesses and entrepreneurs file for formal IP rights.
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January 17, 2022 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property | Did you know that our universities and colleges are true incubators of innovation?
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January 10, 2022 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Copyright | In the eighth episode of Canadian IP Voices, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office's podcast series where we talk about intellectual property (IP), entertainment media lawyer Naomi Zener joins us to discuss how IP rights work to protect creators on social media.
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January 4, 2022 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property | Successful entrepreneurs need to know how to write a business plan, access capital and find expertise and other assistance in order to innovate, identify market opportunities and create an effective market entry strategy. They also need to know how to protect and leverage their intellectual property (IP).
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December 21, 2021 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property | In the fifth episode of Canadian IP Voices, CIPO's podcast series where we talk about intellectual property, lawyer Michael Shortt discusses his personal experiences and explains how IP works in the video game industry.
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December 1, 2021 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Success | On
, the Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) of Canada hosted the virtual event, Indigenous business and intellectual property: Ensuring the Indigenous economy's continued competitiveness and growth.
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November 25, 2021 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual property, Patents, Trademarks, Success | In an increasingly digital world, having the most up-to-date digital forensic tools can be challenging for police forces in Canada and around the world.
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October 29, 2021 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual property, Industrial designs, Patents, Trademarks, Copyright, Success | Many people need a cup of coffee to start their day. For Mark Marsolais-Nahwegahbow, with his love of coffee, he decided to enter the coffee industry with a vision in mind. As an Ojibwe Whitefish River First Nations entrepreneur and a visionary, Mark founded Birch Bark Coffee Company (BBCC).
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August 5, 2021 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual property, Industrial designs, Patents, Trademarks, Copyright | The 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo is underway! To mark the occasion, we're highlighting innovations in sports invented and inspired by Canadians. Keep reading to discover some interesting facts and learn about the historic IP associated with these sports.
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July 2, 2021 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Trademarks | IP success story on Cheekbone Beauty, a trademarked Canadian company lead by an Indigenous woman with a focus on beauty and on celebrating diversity and inclusion.
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April 23, 2021 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Success | The overuse of plastics and the management of their end of life is a major global environmental issue.
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April 23, 2021 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Copyright |
is World Book and Copyright Day! Books can inspire us, make us laugh, cry, and discover new perspectives on life – and copyright is what protects authors as they bring their diverse voices to the world
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April 14, 2021 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Trademarks | When Michael Litt and Devon Galloway met at the University of Waterloo in 2005, online video-hosting and sharing platforms were in their infancy. Five years later, these engineering graduates built the company that became Vidyard.
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December 4, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Success | In 2014, Patrice Mousseau, a proud Ojibway entrepreneur from Fort William First Nation, Ontario, created Satya Organic Skin Care from scratch.
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November 5, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | COVID-19, Patents | COVID-19 first appeared in December 2019. By March 2020, the virus was spreading around the world with increasing speed, leading the World Health Organization to declare a global pandemic.
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June 3, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual property | Blog post about INO's success as a research technology organization, IP recommendations, IP strategies and more.
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April 26, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Industrial design | Morgan Solar, a Toronto-based company, designed a special solar panel to generate sustainable solar energy while reducing heat and glare coming in through windows.
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April 26, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Secret | The National Optics Institute (INO) is the largest optics and photonics centre of expertise in Canada and is among the top technological research centres in the world.
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Patents | Nano One, a Canadian technology company based in Burnaby, British Columbia, seized the opportunity to gain a foothold in the battery space by developing new processes to make cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries.
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January 24, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Patents | As Canadians grow increasingly mindful of nutrition, as well as the way their food is produced and packaged, businesses are seizing opportunities in the field. At the forefront of the organic snacks industry is PRANA, a Montréal-based Canadian company selling.
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December 03, 2019 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual property, Success | IP story of the ALLELES Design Studio. Based in Victoria, B.C., this Canadian design studio specializes in the design and fabrication of fashionable covers for limb prostheses.
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual property, Success | Jean La Rose, the CEO of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, discusses the importance of intellectual property in business and offers advice to Indigenous businesses.
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December 12, 2019 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual property | The intersection of the intellectual property (IP) system and the protection of Indigenous knowledge and cultural expressions is receiving increasing attention within Indigenous communities in Canada, among government policy-makers and in international trade and policy fora.
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Patents | Hoshizaki's combination of innovativeness, business knowledge, and IP literacy has led to commercialization of this new technology, fully leveraging his patents to achieve it.
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Trademarks | Jonathan Thériault, the lead engineer of HockeyShot, says registering a trademark gave them peace of mind to expand in Canada and abroad.
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual property, Success | Creator of Montréal's bike sharing system (BIXI), this Canadian company designs, produces and sells bike sharing systems all over the world. The eco-friendly system consists of a docking station and kiosk where bikes can be rented by credit card and returned.
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Trademarks | North Vancouver sits at the foot of the North Shore mountains, just minutes away from skiing, climbing, and harsh mountain environments.
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property, Success | The Instant Pot® was created to solve a cooking challenge that busy people face: how to quickly put a healthy, delicious meal on the table after a long day of work or study.
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Patents | Their Shield-X Membrane, for which the team has been granted a patent, is used to mitigate sharp twisting of the head during impact.
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property, Success | Solace Power secured its place in the wireless power transfer market with a well-managed intellectual property strategy.
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property, Success | In today's highly competitive toy industry, finding innovative, fun ways for kids to play is the key to success.
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property, Success | In today's highly competitive toy industry, finding innovative, fun ways for kids to play is the key to success.
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property | What started as a high school science project for Eden Full Goh is now a global non-profit organization benefiting more than 17,000 people around the world.
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Industrial design | Are you familiar with the BIXI bike, the self-service bike that is available whenever you want, on four continents? The creator behind this innovation is none other than the famous industrial designer Michel Dallaire.
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Industrial design | From creating mind-blowing special effects to designing and manufacturing props, prosthetics and creatures, to content creation, the Calgary-based company is a full-service effects shop and studio.
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Industrial design | Sarah McLachlan's enchanting voice and profound lyrics have been haunting our hearts and minds for over 30 years.
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Trademarks | Today, thousands of specialty health food stores across Canada and the United States (U.S.) carry the Green Beaver brand.
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Industrial design | Crossworks Manufacturing Ltd. is a Canadian diamond manufacturing company whose mission is to create beautiful, sustainable products that are ethically mined, manufactured and sold worldwide.
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property, Success | Protecting the "Next Big Thing" with IP - a success story.
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property, Success | Crafting a business through IP: Lee Valley Tools - a success story
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property, Success | Innovation and IP - CO2 in the mix - a success story
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property, Success | lululemon shares intellectual property best practices - a success story.
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Intellectual Property | The theme of the 2020 World Intellectual Property Day is "Innovate for a Green Future."
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February 21, 2020 | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | Patents | A short history of Canada's Patent Act, celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2019.
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