Intellectual Property
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February 20, 2025
CRTC launches consultation on Canadian content for audio services
Canada’s broadcast and telecom regulator has announced the launch of a public consultation on the definition of Canadian content for audio services. In a Feb. 20 news release, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) said the consultation, which will continue until April 7, is part of its ongoing effort to modernize the Broadcasting Act by ensuring that online streaming services “make meaningful contributions to Canadian and Indigenous content.”
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February 20, 2025
New managing partner named at Osler
Osler LLP has announced that J. Bradley White has been appointed managing partner of the Ottawa office.
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February 20, 2025
Why single out DeepSeek? A global battle for supremacy and privacy | Hodine Williams
In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence (AI), the race for dominance is no longer just about technological innovation. Let’s call it as it is! Why dance around the issue? It’s about geopolitics, ethics and legal frameworks.
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February 20, 2025
PATENTS - Claims – Construction - Defences to infringement - Obviousness
Appeal by appellant from Federal Court decision that found a number of claims of three of its patents invalid for obviousness. The appellant argued that the Federal Court erred in its analysis of obviousness.
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February 18, 2025
Duty to give AI reasons: Explainability at work
Procedural fairness is the cornerstone of any legitimate legal system. It ensures that legal proceedings are conducted with transparency, equity and respect for the rule of law. In an era where artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly integrated into judicial and administrative decision-making, two principles are emerging as non-negotiable requirements of procedural fairness: explainability, and the “human-in-the-loop” (HITL) principle.
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February 13, 2025
CBA urges new funding as Federal Court’s massive budget shortfall threatens drastic service cuts
The Liberal government’s underfunding of the Federal Court could “drastically” reduce service to litigants, its chief justice warns, spurring the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) to call for urgent “off-cycle” federal funding to address the national trial court’s chronic multi-million-dollar budgetary shortfalls.
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February 12, 2025
Medical device industry seeks tariffs exemption due to potential impact on healthcare, patients
Medtech Canada, the national association representing the medical device industry in Canada, is calling on all jurisdictions in Canada to ensure that medical devices are excluded from any retaliatory tariffs or sanctions in response to potential U.S. tariffs.
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February 12, 2025
Feds release report on stakeholder concerns regarding copyright and generative AI policies
A federal government report on how copyright should be protected from potential threats posed by generative AI (artificial intelligence) reveals sharply divided views among industry stakeholders.
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February 12, 2025
Alberta Appeal Court rules six-year federal limitation period applies to patent infringement claims
On Jan. 28, 2025, the Alberta Court of Appeal released a decision in the case of JL Energy Transportation Inc. v. Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership, [2025] A.J. No. 84, confirming that the previously enforced two-year limitation period for patent infringement claims no longer applies. In its ruling, the rejected the two-year window in favour of a six-year limitation, overturning the summary dismissal of the plaintiff’s lawsuit and allowing the case to proceed to trial.
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February 11, 2025
Canada signs on to legally binding European convention governing AI development
Canada has joined the European Union and 11 other countries in signing the first legally binding international agreement aimed at ensuring that artificial intelligence (AI) systems respect human rights, democratic values and the rule of law throughout their life cycle.