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May 13, 2024
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Ruth Abdi Awarded PCK’s 2023 Diversity Scholarship

A second-year student majoring in immunology is this year's winner of the PCK Diversity Scholarship for students in science or engineering.
April 18, 2022
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Hodan Mohamud Awarded PCK’s 2022 Diversity Scholarship

A first year medical student at the University of Toronto is this year's winner of the PCK Diversity Scholarship for students in science or engineering.
March 29, 2022
Photograph of a computer programmer holding up a sticky note that says "A.I."

The Limits of Artificial Intelligence and Patent Drafting

Today, there is much talk about how artificial intelligence plays a significant role in patent drafting and could replace the patent attorney altogether.
October 27, 2021
Aerial view of a skyscraper in downtown Hangzhou, Zhejiang’s largest city.

Audience of Ten Thousand Tunes into Andrew Currier’s IP Lecture

Andrew was invited to speak about Corporate IP Strategy and Practical Business as part of the Zhejiang High-Level IP Training Program.
September 21, 2021
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PCK Announces Completion of Inaugural Diversity Internship, Awards Scholarship

The winner of PCK's first internship and scholarship is Rashad James, a student at Western University in Ontario, Canada.
May 12, 2021
Black textbook with red spine. The title "Canadian Patent Law" is written on the cover in gold.

PCK IP Releases 4th Edition of Canadian Patent Law

Co-authors Stephen Perry and Andrew Currier have drawn on years of experience in the field of IP to craft a complete resource for the patent prosecutor.
December 5, 2019
Photo of PCK's Andrew Currier and Jillian Carter with youth participants and organizers at the IP workshop for Roots Community Services in Brampton Ontario

PCK Presents IP Workshop to Brampton Youth

PCK's Andrew Currier and Jillian Carter had the pleasure of presenting a workshop on intellectual property law for Roots Community Services in Brampton.
May 28, 2019
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PCK IP Lawyers Instrumental in Client’s Defense of Patent Ownership

PCK IP Lawyers LLP represented Netsweeper in patent ownership dispute against Prosyscor in which Netsweeper was successful.
April 2, 2019
Coleen Morrison

Coleen Morrison Recognized by Who’s Who Legal: Trademarks 2019

PCK's Coleen Morrison is recognized by Who's Who Legal.
February 7, 2019
T. Andrew Currier

Who’s Who Legal Canada: 2018, Patent Practitioners

PCK IP’s Andrew Currier is recognized by Who’s Who Legal Canada.
August 28, 2018

Law Firm Removed on Patent Infringement Action Due to Conflict of Interest

2017 FC 874 - Aitken Klee disqualified from representing Betser-Zelevitch because one of its partners had acted for Nexen in the same action, while at another law firm.
April 15, 2014

Federal Court Dismisses Bell’s Motion to Disqualify the Law Firm of Bereskin and Parr in Patent Infringement Action

Mediatube Corp. and Northvu Inc v Bell Canada et al, 2014 FC 237 - The Court dismissed a motion to remove Bereskin & Parr as solicitors of record for Mediatube for a conflict of interest, finding that “[w]hile there may be some circumstances where related companies could be considered as one entity and one client, the circumstances in the present case do not lead to that conclusion.”