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Published March 2009 On April 1, 2009, the Health Care Costs Recovery Act (the “Act”) comes into force in British Columbia. Designed to replace the ... Continued

Published October 2009 Overlapping insurance coverage is a long-standing issue in insurance law. Indeed, as will be discussed below, common law principles were well established ... Continued

Published February 2005 I have heard this complaint more often than I can count. It usually originates from contractors who, in order to get a ... Continued

Disputes will inevitably arise on any construction site. While it is not possible nor realistic to expect that all claims can be avoided or will ... Continued

Updated July 2005 Builder’s Risk insurance, also known as “course of construction”, “construction all risk”, and “contractor’s all risk insurance”, is a specialized form of ... Continued

Updated June 2010* This guide explains and provides practical advice on bid bonds, performance bonds, labour & material bonds, and construction lien bonds – collectively ... Continued

Type of Protection Patent Industrial Design Trade mark Copyright What is Protected? Functional features of process, machine, manufactured item or composition of matter. Ornamental designs ... Continued

As in any business transaction, “value” in software is being sought and paid for. A due diligence investigation will provide an assessment of the value ... Continued

When starting a new company, it is critically important to go through the trouble of reviewing what information or technology the company has and assessing ... Continued

A trademark is used by a business or other entity to distinguish its products or services from those of others. A trademark is typically a ... Continued

Intellectual property law covers a number of areas of vital concern to business. It includes such traditional matters is patents, trade-marks, copyrights, trade secrets and ... Continued