This trend will likely continue (and may accelerate) during the pandemic. Canada poaches tech talent from the U.S. ow.ly/gZFZ30qYMxg

WIPO has a survey to help with identifying how blockchain could contribute to a robust IP ecosystem. #Blockchain #IP #WIPO ow.ly/XXK730qYOjA

Canada Starts Fund to Invest in Firms With Intellectual Property ow.ly/2RqH30qZ0aG

Chinese and Russian hackers trying to steal COVID related intellectual property is ratcheting up tensions. #IP #COVID ow.ly/nHhW30qZ0N9

It will be interesting to see if the new US administration can reverse the trend. South Korea Leads World in Innovation as U.S. Exits Top Ten. ow.ly/DX1a30rvsKO

Patent trial over ZOOM results in Valve being ordered to pay over $4 million. The battle was over video game controllers. #patents ow.ly/QZnP30rvH6X

Another battle over video game related IP. Activision accused of copyright infringement by freelance photographer over a character featured in Modern Warfare.#videogame #copyright ow.ly/jIqZ30rvH8e

Child car seat manufacturers battle over patents in US suit ow.ly/bDYq30rvHzV

On this date in #innovation history: Thomas Edison receives a #patent in 1881 for a follow-on #invention in improving on his first practical electric lightbulb (invented in 1879 & patented in 1880) #PatentsMatter #tech Edison Nation General Electric

The Hunt For Owner of Jack Ryan. Judge tries to figure out who owns right to famous character. #IP ow.ly/IeAo30rwUbP

When you click on “Agree”, to what are you agreeing? Fasken’s Demtre Vasilounis breaks down the findings of a study of common “Terms of Service” provisions across major online service providers. ow.ly/5XIj30rx1zO

Barclays enters the battle against #patent assertion entities aka patent trolls . “[W]e are pleased to contribute to and extend the growing global community working together to reduce the PAE threat and lower barriers to use of open source technologies.” home.barclays/news/press-rel…

Congrats to everyone! What a great team.

StatsCan released its Intellectual Property Awareness and Use Survey for 2019. Lots of interesting data. E.g. over 50% of businesses that owned IP credited it with improving their success, the most common being increased value to the business. ow.ly/BzmM50DFdex

Looking forward to the decision in this case. Can AI invent? THE question for the 21st Century.#AI #patent AI lacks ‘legal personality’ to invent, argues USPTO ow.ly/eoiq30ryuiy

Sony files for a patent directed to using ordinary objects (like a banana) as a video game controller. #patent ow.ly/4ixb30rzab5

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My colleague Dara Jospe provides an update on recent changes by the Patented Medicines Prices Review Board to "GAP" medicines and compliance timelines in the latest instalment of Fasken's #IPBlog, The Angle. #PMPRB #theangle. ow.ly/KzAP50EbkOS

To help small and medium businesses recover, #Budget2021 proposes the new Canada Digital Adoption Program, which will help them adopt new digital technologies and create thousands of jobs for young Canadians. ow.ly/UUEG50EsAm6 #Budget2021

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