June 23, 2016
Important Legislation Comes into Force to Help Foster Innovation
OTTAWA (June 23rd, 2016) The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) is proud to welcome new provisions in the Patent Act and Trade-marks Act that will be coming...
June 22, 2016
IPIC Opinion Text About Innovation Receives Attention in The Hill Times
Peter Wilcox, IPIC’s President, submitted an opinion text about innovation in The Hill Times. The Op-Ed can be read in its entirety here. The Hill Times is distributed...
June 14, 2016
IPIC Responds to the First Part of the Government Consultation
IPIC responded to the first part of the consultation on A Governance Framework for IP Agents, the proposed draft code of conduct. The submission was prepared by IPIC’s...
May 25, 2016
Government launches consultation on regulation of patent and trademark agents
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) (formerly Industry Canada) and CIPO have launched a consultation of importance to the patent and trademark agent...
February 9, 2016
Brown v. Canada, 2016 FCA 37
On February 5, 2016, the Federal Court of Appeal released its decision in Brown v. Canada, by allowing the appeal and dismissing both the Crown’s cross-appeal and motion...
November 17, 2015
Time to Promote Innovation to Create Jobs, Growth: a response from President Wilcox
The following text is a letter written by IPIC's President, Peter Wilcox, published in the latest edition of the Hill Times (November 16, 2015). It was a response to an...
April 21, 2015
Message from the President about Federal Budget 2015
Dear IPIC Members,
I am very pleased to report that the Federal Government’s 2015 Budget, delivered today, proposes significant improvements in Canada’s intellectual...
April 21, 2015
Budget 2015 Improves Canada's Intellectual Property Framework
The Federal Government's 2015 Budget proposes significant improvements in Canada's intellectual property framework, protecting the confidential communications between...