Dana Turner-Ryan will be attending the Licensing Executives Society (LES) Annual Meeting in our home town, Vancouver, BC from October 23 – 26, 2016. This year’s LES meeting theme is “Global Deals: New Strategic Frontiers.” She looks forward to meeting with the many IP and licensing professionals attending the conference from around the world.
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Association des Juristes in B.C.
Paul Smith has joined the Board of Directors of the Association des Juristes d’Expression Francophone de la Colombie-Britannique. | Paul Smith est devenu membre du CA de l’Association des Juristes D’Expression Francophone de la Colombie Britannique.
Trademark Piracy – A Problem that Persists in China
Foreign companies entering the Chinese market are all too familiar with trademark piracy. Typically, a foreign company intending to register its mark in China finds out that someone has already applied to register the company’s brand in China.
2016 INTA Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida
The INTA Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida reached new heights! That includes rides on the Orlando Eye, similar to the London Eye. Our Mihaela Hutanu attended the meeting from May 21 to 25, 2016 as part of her membership on INTA’S Trademark Office Practices Committee.
When there’s a “will”, there’s a promise
As Napoleon once said, “The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.” This is especially true for patents, where making a promise that an invention will do something may have very important consequences.