Patents are used to protect novel products, processes or other utilitarian subject matter. The term of a Canadian patent is 20 years from the earliest filing date. In order for an invention to be patentable it needs to be novel, and meet several other statutory requirements.
Trade Secrets
The following is a listing of some of the legal services that you might require in the implementation, monitoring or enforcement of a confidential information or trade secret policy, which we can assist you with:
- drafting confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements
- assisting with intellectual property related aspects of noncompete clauses in agreements;
- drafting trade secrecy provisions and agreements in the implementation of workplace trade secret programs;
- enforcement of your confidentiality rights to particular information or trade secrets
- general counseling about the protection and maintenance of secrecy around confidential information and trade secrets
Confidential Business Information
The following is a listing of some of the legal services that you might require in the implementation, monitoring or enforcement of a confidential business information or trade secret policy, which we can assist you with:
- drafting confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements
- assisting with intellectual property related aspects of noncompete clauses in agreements;
- drafting trade secrecy provisions and agreements in the implementation of workplace trade secret programs;
- enforcement of your confidentiality rights to particular information or trade secrets
- general counseling about the protection and maintenance of secrecy around confidential information and trade secrets
IP Strategy & Advisory
Trademark Clearance & Brand Strategy
Representative engagements for principals of our firm in trademark clearance and brand strategy include:
- Represented client in a cross-border dispute over entitlement to trademark priority, and resulting confusion in multiple markets. Multiple parties with competing claims to entitlement and priority (agricultural industry);
- Represented Canadian client in international clearance and protection of new house brand following acquisition and merger of industry competitor (agricultural products and services);
- Lead trademark and IP counsel for development and expansion of international brand by Canadian company (apparel industry); and
- Coordinated strategies for Canadian client for repatriation of trademarks from alienated foreign distributor (agricultural equipment industry).
Contact us to learn more.