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January 2019
Annual IPIC Update
Please join the Council of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) for an update on the recent and current consultations in patents, trademarks, copyright, industrial design and international agreements, and what they mean for IP professionals. RSVP by January 7. CA$90 (Members) and CA$130 (Non-Members).
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US Patent Law Developments
Dan Hegner and Charlie Bieneman of Bejin Bieneman PLC will talk about recent developments in U.S. patent law that affect how we prepare and prosecute applications for inventions with functional elements. The talk will focus on the test governing subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. 101, as well as how to support functional claim limitations to meet the written description and enablement requirements of 35 U.S.C. 112. There is a lot to talk about. Cases in the last year have…
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Copyright Board Modernization
In April 2019, amendments to the Copyright Act will come into force that will modernize the legislative framework of the Copyright Board of Canada – an independent administrative tribunal tasked primarily with setting tariffs for the use of copyrighted content that is collectively managed. A key goal of these reforms is to improve the longstanding issue of delays in the decision-making processes of this important Canadian institution. Please join us as Daniel Whalen provides an overview of the Copyright Board…
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