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Internal legal audits of intellectual property
The importance of proactive intellectual property rights management Many companies are unaware that they possess intellectual property1 rights, so they are not proactive in dealing with intellectual property as part of their regular operations. Sometimes, these companies are suddenly faced with (…)
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Webinar: Understanding the Legal Framework for User-Generated Content (UGC) (In French only)
We invite you to our upcoming webinar: “Understanding the Legal Framework for User-Generated Content (UGC).” Learn directly from Sylvain Pierrard and Ghiles Helli as they reveal their best practices and winning strategies. Moderator France Camille De Mers will facilitate this panel discussion, (…)
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The ABCs of Expropriation: an Overview of the Different Regimes
What is expropriation? Expropriation is a legal process by which a public authority can compel a property owner to surrender private property for reasons of public interest. Governed by both provincial and federal legislation, expropriation is designed to facilitate infrastructure projects that are (…)
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Charting Your Course: Ensuring Language Compliance Beyond and During the Deal
This article is part of our two-part series on what foreign buyers of, and investors in, business ventures need to know about the Charter of the French language (the “Charter”) in the context of a business transaction involving operations and employees in Quebec. The first instalment focused on (…)
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Businesses: Four tips to avoid dependency or vulnerability in your use of AI
While the world is focused on how the tariff war is affecting various products, it may be overlooking the risks the war is posing to information technology. Yet, many businesses rely on artificial intelligence to provide their services, and many of these technologies are powered by large language (…)
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Charting Your Course: Navigating Quebec’s Language Landscape in Business Transactions
This article is part of our two-part series on what foreign buyers of, and investors in, business ventures need to know about the Charter of the French language (the “Charter”) in the context of a cross-border transaction involving operations and employees in Quebec. This first instalment will focus (…)
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Canada’s New Patent Term Adjustment Regime Comes Into Force
As we reported previously, changes were introduced into Canadian patent practice in October 2022 to further streamline Canadian patent examination, to pave the way for a patent term adjustment (PTA) system in Canada as per the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). The PTA system is set (…)
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2024 Review of Real Estate Law Highlights in Quebec
As we keenly usher in 2025, we thought we would have a quick recap on changes affecting real estate law in Quebec in 2024. Let’s have a look back on the past year and on news deserving some attention and follow-up in 2025. This is not a comprehensive list, but a reminder that much has happened in (…)
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Bill C-244: unlocking the right to repair
On November 7, 2024, Bill C-244, An Act to amend the Copyright Act (diagnosis, maintenance and repair)1 received royal assent, adding a new exception to the provisions governing technological protection measures (TPM) in the Copyright Act (CA). This legislative amendment adds section 41.121 to the (…)
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Publication of the Regulation clarifying the obligations of Bill 96: Impacts on trademarks for products, advertising, and public signs and posters
The Regulation1 specifying the new obligations of Bill 962 was published in the Gazette officielle du Québec on June 26, 2024. It modifies the current Regulation respecting the language of commerce and business.3 These changes were expected considering the questions raised by the passage of Bill 96 (…)
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Doing Business in Quebec – Our guide
The “Doing Business in Quebec” guide is a comprehensive, practical resource for any company hoping to thrive in Quebec’s competitive and regulated business landscape. Discover our guide Doing Business in Québec Download You’ll find some key information on: sources of funding to support your (…)
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Misuse of the complaints mechanism on an e-commerce platform
At a time when Canada and many other countries are taking steps to protect users from harm online,1 a decision was handed down by the Supreme Court of British Columbia (the “Court”) on January 15, 2024, regarding the conduct of a competitor with respect to complaints about intellectual property (…)
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Almost two years after the issuance of the Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulations, where do we stand and how are businesses affected?
On December 20, 2022, the federal government's Single-Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations1 (the “Regulations”) gradually came into force, with the effect, as the name suggests, of prohibiting (or restricting, in certain cases) the manufacture, import and sale of certain single-use plastics that (…)