By Dawn Wattie, Surrey Business Lawyer Every business is essentially built on some form of intellectual property (IP). Some examples include: Individual know-how A new service or product A new method of doing business The way or means in which a service or product is packaged and marketed The name or brand of a service, product or method A new process, design or computer application or program All of these things are intellectual property but are not necessarily treated, documented and protected as IP. It is the intellectual property of an organization that attracts … [Read more...]

By Dawn Wattie, Surrey Business Lawyer Intellectual Property (IP) is slightly irregular in a legal sense because, as a whole, it is often defined by its individual components’ legal rights - such as copyright, trademark, patent, industrial design, plant breeders’ rights and trade secrets. In Canada, all the intellectual property rights have individual acts (laws created by government) with the exception of “trade secrets” which is defined by common law (laws created by judges). Intellectual Property is also very unique because of the jurisdictional paradox it can create - … [Read more...]