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Industrial Designs 101

How much do you know about Industrial Designs? Watch our short video and increase your knowledge.

CIPR Vol#35: Prospects and Limits of Blockchain Technologies in Global Protection of Food-based GIs

Authored by Marsha S. Cadogan, the article on blockchain technologies intersection with geographical indications is available for download from IPIC's Canadian Intellectual Property Review webpage (published March 11, 2020). The article deals with (i) blockchain technologies use in the IP space, (ii) how blockchain technologies, including smart contracts may be useful to geographical indication...

How Distinctive is your Non-traditional mark?

Marsha S. Cadogan | MSC Intellectual Property and Technology Law Before June 17, 2019, Canada's Trademark space was not overly receptive to the registration of all types of non-traditional marks. There was no statutory basis of protecting these marks. Although 2012 marked a turn-around year in Canada's Trademark history by the Federal Court decision that sound marks are registrable, it was only...

Are You Doing Business Abroad? Helpful Insights From CIPO

Author: Marsha S. Cadogan | MSC Intellectual Property & Technology Law How countries deal with intellectual property can sometimes be very different. Differences may pertain to terminologies used, the substantive law at issue, or to procedural matters. The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) recently published three information guides on doing business abroad. The guides relate to...

What KitKat and Rubik’s Cube have in Common

Author: Marsha S. Cadogan, MSC Intellectual Property and Technology Law Let's talk about trademark disputes in the European Union. Is KitKat's chocolate shape a trademark? How about the Rubik's Cube? Not in the European Union (EU). These two particular disputes could happen in Canada, especially since three-dimensional signs are registrable under our Trademarks Act. Who may find this information...

Copyright Infringement In the Music Industry- Settlement

Author: Marsha S. Cadogan, MSC Intellectual Property and Technology Law The music industry is no stranger to copyright litigation. Copyright infringement occurs when someone does something (whether copies, uses, sells, distributes, accesses, makes public etc.) without the right holders permission. Some of the more well-known copyright infringement disputes include the award of damages against...

International Trademark Registrations – Update

The Madrid Protocol recently celebrated a milestone – the 1.5 millionth registration of trademark on the platform (Colombian textile brand Coltejer) . In 2019, Canada was among three countries that joined the Madrid Protocol (Brazil and Malaysia were the new entrants). This is momentous. The Madrid Protocol is an international registry system that makes possible the filing of one application...

What the Lisbon Agreement means for Geographical Indications Protection

Author: Marsha S. Cadogan Recent news that the European Union (EU) will join the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications, ( Lisbon Agreement ) on Feb. 26, 2020, has once again put a spotlight on GI designations. GIs are symbols or words that convey that there is a directly traceable and unique relationship between a product and...

Why Intellectual Property Strategy Matters To Your Business

Marsha S. Cadogan, MSC Intellectual Property and Technology Law An intellectual property strategy (IP) is a set of policies and actions that shape how firms create, manage, commercialize and protect their intangible assets. An IP strategy may make the difference between failure and success. When an IP strategy is effective, business ventures are more likely to be successful. A solid IP strategy...

Blockchain & Intellectual Property: Three Intersections for 2020

Author: Marsha S. Cadogan, MSC Intellectual Property and Technology Law 2020 is bound to be a year marked with the development of greater and more sophisticated technologies. This will likely be the same narrative in the blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DTL) space. What are the most relevant relationships between intellectual property and blockchain and DTL? See three relevant...

Dealing with ADR Clauses in Technology Contracts: Best Practices – Marsha chaired LES – USA & Canada’s High tech sector webinar on May 17th 2023.

Read Marsha’s CIGI paper, “Enforcing Smart Legal Contracts: Prospects and Challenges” here. Watch the explainer video here.

Marsha chaired LES- U.S.A & Canada, High tech sector startups virtual lunch and learn on Developments in Digital Technology Trends in 2022 that Impact Startups (Dec. 13th, 2022).

Marsha Simone was a Speaker at CISDL’s Biodiversity Law & Governance Day- COP 15 on Dec. 10, 2022. (IP considerations in ABS agreements)

Marsha Simone Cadogan spoke about the challenges of GI designations in Canada’s export market at the 6th Annual Canadian Association For Food Law and Policy Conference.

Marsha Simone Cadogan was awarded a Platinum Jubilee Award for her significant contribution to the Richmond Hill Community, October 23, 2022.

Marsha Simone Cadogan’s CIGI’s opinion piece: Cryptocurrency in Wartime: Can the Unregulated by Regulated? published April 28th 2022. Read here

January 26th: Semi-conductor Licensing, All You Need to Know – Licensing Executives Society, U.SA. and Canada, High Tech sector webinar

The Licensing Executives Society – United States and Canada, 5 minute licensing update podcast episode featured Marsha S. Cadogan talking about trade secrets

Marsha spoke on NFTs and Copyright Law – National and International Law Dimensions on August 6th at MSC IPTL summer workshop series.

Practical Tips in Drafting ADR clauses in Licensing Agreements, Licensing Executives Society, U.S.A & Canada, High Tech Sector startups, chaired by Marsha on August 10th. For more information see.

Domain Names and ADR webinar – Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (July 27th), moderated by Marsha. For more info see here.

Intellectual Property and Licensing Developments in Green High Technologies with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO Green) webinar – July 7th Licensing Executives Society – USA & Canada webinar, Moderated by Marsha S. Cadogan

Marsha spoke about Canada’s new trade secret legislation in the context of food and beverage industries at the 5th Annual Canadian Association For Food Law & Policy Conference on May 12, 2021 (http://foodlaw.ca/conference-recordings-2021).

Marsha chaired the Licensing Executives Society – U.S.A & Canada High Technology Sector startups webinar on “Putting Innovation and Monetization Together: Challenges & Strategies for High technology startups” (April 20th).

Marsha S. Cadogan chaired the Licensing Executives Society – U.S & Canada High Technology Sector startups webinar on Trade Secret Licensing: Reasonable Efforts and Potential Pitfalls, April 07, 2021

Enterprise League quoted Marsha Cadogan in their article on “Bad branding: 16 Critical Branding Mistakes and How to Avoid them” (Feb 26, 2021)

Marsha Cadogan spoke on the prospects of leveraging food based geographical indications in Atlantic Canada: EU-Canada Webinar Series, January 20, 2021.

Marsha’s article about the Basmati rice, India-Pakistan geographical indication dispute is featured in The Lawyers Daily, December 18th, 2020.

Marsha moderated the Licensing Executives Society – United States and Canada High technology sector webinar on “The Changing COVID-19 IP Landscape and Challenges and Opportunities for International Licensing’” on Nov. 16. 2020.

Marsha spoke on international intellectual property law and the COVID-19 pandemic at the American Branch of the International Law Association’s (ABILA) International Law Weekend (October 22)

Marsha moderated the Licensing Executives Society webinar on Patent Pledges, (Sept.28)

Marsha moderated the Licensing Executives Society’s webinar on Promoting Innovation in High technology Start ups: Challenges, Strategies and Opportunities. (Aug.10th)

The Lawyers Daily (July 27th): Implications of International Treaty on Geographical Indications (Marsha S. Cadogan, author).

The Lawyers Daily (Aug. 4th): Canada’s Food and Beverage Industries and Geographical Indications (Marsha S. Cadogan, author)

Marsha recently spoke on IP and innovation in the context of the SDGs at CISDL’s International Law Symposium – May 15 2020 (Panel: Structuring Rights-Based Trade, Investment & Financial Rules for Economic Recovery – SDGs 9, 10 & 11)

How does blockchain technologies impact your food based geographical indications rights ?See Marsha S. Cadogan journal article in the Canadian Intellectual Property Review

What Does CUSMA mean for IP rights in Canada? See IPIC’s Voices on Canadian Intellectual Property, Pocket IP Guide to CUSMA – the new NAFTA (Written by four IP professionals, including Marsha S. Cadogan)