AbCellera SIF funding announcement
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – AbCellera denies patent infringement, Waystar eyes $8B valuation

Plus: Truepill moves to cut share price by 90 percent. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around…

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Monark co-founders
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Canadian startups NL Patent, BorderlessHR, Monark crack Google’s Women Founders accelerator| BetaKit

Three startups represent Canada in a cohort of 11 North American companies. Three Canadian startups are joining Google’s latest cohort for its women founders…

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OpenText closes $5.8 billion USD acquisition of Micro Focus, makes workforce reduction
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – OpenText’s acquisition of Micro Focus spurs IP and patent questions

Plus: Solink secures $60 million to scale cloud-based video surveillance service. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada…

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Shopify changes employee compensation model: “being a manager now has no effect on compensation”
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify uses new weapons in battle against patent trolls

Plus: TikTok seeks $20 billion ecommerce business despite US setback. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and…

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Shopify changes employee compensation model: “being a manager now has no effect on compensation”
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Shopify plans to “aggressively pursue” ID of funders in cases against “patent trolls”

Company filed motion in Texas court demanding Lower48 IP LLC reveal third-party interests. After battling patent trolls for years, Shopify has announced plans to…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify to contest $40 million patent infringement verdict

Plus: Shopify warns merchants against using Amazon’s ‘Buy With Prime’ service. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada…

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Shopify plans to contest $40 million Express Mobile patent infringement verdict

Express Mobile has also sued Google, Meta, and Amazon for infringing its patents. A United States (US) federal jury has awarded California-based Express Mobile…

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US court partially rejects Urbx motion to dismiss Attabotic patent lawsuit
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US court partially rejects Urbx motion to dismiss Attabotic patent lawsuit

Only a portion of Attabotic’s claims are moving forward. Two robotics supply chain startups battling over a pair of patents partially received judgements in…

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