In a world of startups and innovation, Canadian companies are used to uncertainty — whether it’s getting the money they need to grow, wondering if the technology they are developing stands the tests ...

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has issued new guidelines for reviewing patent applications, moving from the “problem-solution” approach it had been using to the “purposive construction” ...

The ability to solve complex problems effectively has become a defining factor for success. Yet, despite the abundance of tools and methodologies available, I've noticed organizations often struggle ...

It is established practice to judge the inventive step of an invention using the problem-solution approach developed within the European patent office. Under this approach, a claimed invention has to ...

Complex organizational problems and chaos are silent killers of productivity and innovation. In today’s fractured work environment, they are more prevalent than ever. Political transitions, ...

“The CD did not set out any alternative methodology for assessing inventive step, but it explicitly disapproved of the ‘closest prior art’ approach and thereby implicitly rejected the ...