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Ask an IP litigator

A company’s intellectual property is often its most valuable asset. However, enforcing your IP rights can involve nuanced considerations and give rise to complex disputes. In our Ask an IP Litigator series, our intellectual property team covers the top questions that arise in navigating the IP ownership landscape.

Featured video: Ask an IP litigator: intellectual property and competition

Intellectual property rights offer licensees exclusive access to products or technology, giving them a competitive advantage over other market participants—but at what point does IP licensing become expressly anti-competitive?

In this video, Nicole Mantini and Andrew Shaughnessy discuss the intersection of IP and competition law and provide their views on key considerations for licensees, including:

how licensees can exercise exclusivity within the parameters of licensing deals;
where the Competition Bureau draws the line between valid IP rights and anti-competitive conduct; and
how reverse payments—also known as “pay-for-delay” arrangements—can trigger regulator scrutiny.

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Ask an IP litigator: Are methods of medical treatment patentable?

As the Supreme Court gears up to hear Pharmascience v. Janssen, we examine the long and complicated history surrounding patent rights to methods of medical treatment.

Ask an IP litigator: licensing and contractual obligations

How do you license IP rights to third parties while still protecting your creation? We look at what to consider.

Ask an IP litigator: copying a patented product

Are you infringing a patent?

Ask an IP litigator: Do I have a great patent?

Assess the strength of your patent.

Ask an IP litigator: patent trolls

How to respond to legal threats.

Ask an IP litigator: Can I copy this article?

In this video, we look at the foundational—and often misunderstood—legal concepts governing copyright law.

Ask an IP litigator: How do I stop an unauthorized seller?

Protect your brand and your bottom line.

Ask an IP litigator: IP management in your supply chain

We share how to keep confidential information a secret when subcontracting out parts of your supply chain.

Ask an IP litigator: Someone is using my trademark—how can I make them stop?

What happens if someone is using an identical or similar trademark to yours? We share the next steps to take.

Ask an IP litigator: Can I assert my Canadian patent against a manufacturer in another country?

Ask an IP litigator: I am an inventor but not on the patent

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