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Right to Repair in Saskatchewan: What is it and does it exist?
By: Adam Hendry, Kelsey Sonntag, Craig Zawada, and Dana Lucas Farmers are known to be handy and can often fix equipment themselves when it breaks down. However, agriculture technology has vastly changed the ability for producers to repair their own equipment. A breakdown in the middle of haying season costs more than time, feed quality…
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Differences in Termination With Cause and Termination Without Cause
By: Iffat Ritter Termination with Cause is the removal of an employee due to serious misconduct or a significant breach of the employment contract. This can include actions such as theft, fraud, severe insubordination, or other behaviors that fundamentally undermine the employment relationship. The employer bears the burden of proving that the misconduct was serious…
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Construction Contracts in Canada: What Contract is Best for You?
By: Taylor Moroz and Troy Baril Construction projects in Saskatchewan have a way of teaching people the same lesson quickly. The contract you sign at the beginning often matters far more than the parties initially anticipate, and they truly only understand this once the project is underway and an issue arises. At Procido LLP, we…
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Building a US IP Strategy — How to connect registration, enforcement, and commercial growth into a single system
By: Dana Lucas This article is the third in a three-part series on IP for Canadian businesses entering the US market. Part 1 covers registration. Part 2 addresses enforcement. Part 3 explores long-term IP strategy. The first two parts of this series covered the mechanics of intellectual property (IP) protection in the US: what to…
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Enforcing Your IP Across the Border — How Canadian Businesses Protect Rights in the US
By: Dana Lucas This article is the second in a three-part series on IP for Canadian businesses entering the US market. Part 1 covers registration. Part 2 addresses enforcement. Part 3 explores long-term IP strategy. Intellectual property (IP) protection is only as strong as its enforcement. While registration establishes ownership, enforcement is what ensures those…
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Taking Your IP Across the Border — What a Canadian Business Needs to Know Before Entering the US Market
By: Dana Lucas This article is the first in a three-part series on IP for Canadian businesses entering the US market. Part 1 covers registration. Part 2 addresses enforcement. Part 3 explores long-term IP strategy. Canada and the United States (US) share one of the most integrated trade relationships, exchanging more than CAD $2 billion in…
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Is What I Tell My Lawyer Really Confidential? The Supreme Court of Canada Weighs In
By: Lola Adebogun One of the most common concerns clients have when seeking legal advice is whether the information they share with their lawyer will remain private. The short answer is yes, but the legal protection that applies is often stronger than many people realize. A recent decision from the Supreme Court of Canada, R.…
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What Are My Employees Up To? Monitoring Employees in Saskatchewan
By: Iffat Ritter Employers monitor employees for various reasons including: Employers usually monitor employees through their computer usage, email, network activity, time spent doing specific tasks, physical location and attendance. However, the monitoring must be balanced with the employee’s privacy rights, and the employer must act reasonably when collecting personal information, including background checks. In…
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Why Municipalities Should Regularly Review and Update Their Bylaws and Policies
By: Kelsey Sonntag and Troy Baril Municipal bylaws and policies shape how communities function day‑to‑day, from regulating land use to ensuring public safety and environmental stewardship. Yet many municipalities operate on bylaws and policies that were drafted years, sometimes decades, ago. As communities evolve, outdated bylaws and policies can limit effective governance, create enforcement challenges,…
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AI as Patent Drafter: Should Inventors Use AI as an Application Writer?
By: Rob Hendry Over the past year, clients have increasingly sent me documents – invention disclosures, patent prior art analyses (reviews of third-party patents), and even full patent applications – that have been drafted using artificial intelligence. Some have benefited from inventor revisions, but most are passed along as is. So far I’ve seen some…
