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Helping Your Ideas Take Flight For Over 25 Years.
Nine Lawyers named in Best Lawyers in Canada, 2023
Nine DWW Lawyers named in the 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers in Canada
DWW Announces 2 New Partners: Olalekan (Wole) Akinremi and Jennifer R Davidson
DWW Announces 2 New Partners: Olalekan (Wole) Akinremi and Jennifer R Davidson
Deeth Williams Wall has received awards and accolades from several national and international industry publications including Best of the Best, Who's Who Legal, Best Lawyer, Lexpert Guide to Leading Lawyers, Chambers Global, Canadian Lawyer and IP Stars.
Deeth Williams Wall has received awards and accolades from several national and international industry publications including Best of the Best, Who's Who Legal, Best Lawyer, Lexpert Guide to Leading Lawyers, Chambers Global, Canadian Lawyer and IP Stars.
Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. This is where we come in.
The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) This is where we come in. Deeth Williams Wall
DWW recognized in The Globe and Mail's Best Law Firms in Canada 2023
Deeth Williams Wall has been recognized in The Globe and Mail's Best Law Firms in Canada 2023 in the practice areas of Cyber Security & Data Protection, Intellectual Property, and Technology.
DWW Welcomes Associate Steffi Tran to the Firm
DWW Welcomes Associate Steffi Tran to the Firm

Recent Insights

It’s Groundhog Day—Every Day: Examination Of Trademark Applications In Canada – Update It’s Groundhog Day—Every Day: Examination Of Trademark Applications In Canada – Update

Trademarks
– January 25, 2023January 25, 20232023-01-25
In the movie Groundhog Day, a news reporter who is sent to cover the appearance of a famous groundhog which legend says forecasts whether there will be an early Spring depending on whether or not it sees its shadow on February 2, experiences the same day, Groundhog Day, over and over again. The examination of trademark applications in Canada is a bit like the movie, it seems.
Deeth Williams Wall https://www.dww.com/articles/it%E2%80%99s-groundhog-day%E2%80%94every-day-examination-of-trademark-applications-canada-%E2%80%93-update

Federal Court Of Canada Dismisses Janssen’s Application To Reassess The Data Protection Eligibility Of Its Nasal Spray Product Federal Court Of Canada Dismisses Janssen’s Application To Reassess The Data Protection Eligibility Of It...

Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation
– January 25, 2023January 25, 20232023-01-25
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Court of Canada (the Court) in Janssen Inc. v Canada ( Attorney General, 2023 FC 7 found that the Office of Submissions and Intellectual Property (the OSIP) reasonably interpreted Janssen Inc.’s (Janssen) request to reassess the data protection eligibility of Janssen’s nasal spray drug and did not read into the Food and Drug Regulations (the Regulations) a pre-Notice of Compliance (NOC) timing requirement for assessing data protection eligibility.
Deeth Williams Wall https://www.dww.com/articles/federal-court-of-canada-dismisses-janssen%E2%80%99s-application-to-reassess-data-protection

Federal Court Of Canada Dismisses Appeals Concerning Use Of Retailer’s Trademark On Goods Manufactured By Third Party Federal Court Of Canada Dismisses Appeals Concerning Use Of Retailer’s Trademark On Goods Manufactured By...

Trademark and Copyright Litigation
– January 25, 2023January 25, 20232023-01-25
On January 4, 2023, the Federal Court of Canada (the Court) issued its decision in GNR Travel Centre Ltd v CWI, Inc, 2023 FC 2, dismissing two appeals in consolidated proceedings and affirming the Trademarks Opposition Board’s (the Board) decision. The Court confirmed that a retailer’s trademark permanently affixed to goods manufactured by a third party constitutes “use” of the retailer’s trademark on the goods within the meaning of the Trademarks Act (the Act).
Deeth Williams Wall https://www.dww.com/articles/federal-court-of-canada-dismisses-appeals-concerning-use-of-retailer%E2%80%99s-trademark-on-goods

Sports Betting Company BetMGM Suffers Data Breach, Affecting Ontarians Sports Betting Company BetMGM Suffers Data Breach, Affecting Ontarians

Privacy
– January 25, 2023January 25, 20232023-01-25
On December 21, 2022, BetMGM, a sports betting company, announced that its customers’ personal information had been obtained in an unauthorized manner. In its “Notice Regarding Patron Personal Information”, BetMGM revealed that it learned of the data breach on November 28, 2022 and believes that the breach occurred in May 2022.
Deeth Williams Wall https://www.dww.com/articles/sports-betting-company-betmgm-suffers-data-breach-affecting-ontarians

E-TIPS® Newsletter’s “2022: Year In Review” E-TIPS® Newsletter’s “2022: Year In Review”

Intellectual Property
– January 6, 2023January 6, 20232023-01-10
Thank you for your readership over the last year and welcome to what we hope will be an exciting 2023!  In this year’s first issue of the E-TIPS® Newsletter, we will recap our most noteworthy reports from 2022, covering developments in intellectual property (IP) and information technology (IT) law under the following categories: (1) “Supreme Court of Canada Matters”, (2) “Legislative, Treaty and Policy Developments”, (3) “Patents and Industrial Designs”, (4) “Trademarks”, (5) “Copyright”, (6) “Privacy and Cybersecurity”, and (7) “Legal Developments in Emerging Technology Around the World”.
Deeth Williams Wall https://www.dww.com/articles/etips%C2%AE-newsletter%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9C2022-year-review%E2%80%9D

Copyright Term Extended To Life Of Author Plus 70 Years Beginning December 30, 2022 Copyright Term Extended To Life Of Author Plus 70 Years Beginning December 30, 2022

Copyright
– December 14, 2022December 14, 20222022-12-14
On November 17, 2022, an Order in Council, was published to fix December 30, 2022 as the day on which Division 16 of Part 5 of the Budget Implementation Act (the Act) comes into force. This will amend the Copyright Act, extending the term of copyright protection in literary, dramatic, musical, artistic works and certain works of joint authorship and posthumous works to 70 years after the life of the author, as previously reported by the E-TIPS® Newsletter here.
Deeth Williams Wall https://www.dww.com/articles/copyright-term-extended-to-life-of-author-plus-70-years-beginning-december-30-2022
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Events

DWW CPD 2022: How will the Unified Patent Court affect North American Patentees?

November 21, 2022

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) will be a court common to seventeen EU Member States; any of the remaining EU Member States may accede to the jurisdiction of the UPC Agreement at any time. The UPC is intended to offer a uniform, specialised, and efficient framework for patent litigation at a European level, hearing both infringement and revocation actions. 

Jennifer R. Davidson To Speak At IT World Canada's Analytics Unleashed Conference

November 16, 2022

Jennifer R. Davidson will speak at the upcoming IT World Canada Analytics Unleashed Conference, to be held virtually and in-person on November 17th, 2022. She will be presenting on the latest developments in security, privacy and compliance for analytics professionals, business users, management and executives.

For more information and to register, visit: https://www.itworldcanada.com/analytics-unleashed

DWW CPD 2022: The Management of Legal Risk in Technology Contracts and Beyond: ISO 31022

November 16, 2022

Dealing with legal risk is part of lawyers’ daily lives.  It is integral, ever expanding and growing more complex as technology evolves, businesses models shift, interconnectedness increases and legal regimes change.

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