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Two groups looking to buy Ottawa Champions, renegotiate stadium lease

Two groups have come forward looking to take over the struggling Ottawa Champions’ stadium lease as some councillors question whether baseball can really work in the capital

First-of-its-kind report measures festivals’ multimillion-dollar impact on Ottawa’s economy

Festivals and other major arts and culture events contributed $222.6 million to the local economy in 2016, according to the findings of Ottawa Festivals Network’s inaugural impact report

Lansdowne Park turning Aberdeen Square into full-scale event venue

Lansdowne Park is revamping part of its pedestrian mall to host major events and concerts as part of a wider campaign to attract more year-round visitors to the area

U.S. casino suing Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk

A casino in the United States is suing Eugene Melnyk, claiming the Ottawa Senators owner has failed to pay $900,000 in owings

U.S. casino suing Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk

A casino in the United States is suing Eugene Melnyk, claiming the Ottawa Senators owner has failed to pay $900,000 in owings

Iconic shoe fits Ottawa firm Bank and Vogue’s ‘upcycling’ strategy

Clothing reseller supplying recycled denim for global footwear giant's new line of Chuck Taylor All Stars

Ottawa’s last Zellers set to finally close in early 2020

Ottawa's final Zellers retail outlet, alongside the other remaining holdout in Toronto, will close early next year, owner Hudson's Bay Co. announced Friday.

Ottawa’s brick-and-mortar merchants benefit from Shopify effect

E-commerce powerhouse’s employees ‘improve themselves constantly’ by getting a crash course in retail at local stores

Ottawa’s mid-tier malls face adapt-or-die retail landscape

With Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre set to be totally rebuilt, OBJ looks at whether community retail plazas still have staying power in a world of e-commerce and changing consumer buying habits

After ‘16 years of amazing memories,’ Westfest takes final bow

Westfest, the long-running and always-free neighbourhood music festival, will end its run due to a lack of sponsorship dollars
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Generative AI is a superpower for tech entrepreneurs creating new products. AI can help analyse problems, explore options and define solutions at a pace never before possible. Here’s the question: while AI is an inventor’s best friend, what role does it play in inventing new products from an intellectual property perspective? In this bonus episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran speaks with Kushal Shah, a registered Canadian patent agent and lawyer who recently joined Ottawa-based Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP. The discussion explores exactly how much heavy lifting an AI can do before it becomes difficult for a human to legally claim an invention. The conversation provides practical guidance on establishing a paper trail to prove a meaningful human contribution to the final product. Learn how to safely validate AI-generated suggestions and avoid the confidentiality traps of feeding unpatented ideas and proprietary data into generative AI systems in this latest episode. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:25 Introducing Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP 02:09 Introducing Kushal Shah 23:50 OBJ Updates and Closing For more on Ottawa’s tech and innovation scene, visit https://obj.ca/techopia. Subscribe to Techopia’s weekly newsletter here: https://obj121.activehosted.com/f/5
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