Significant Amendments to Canada’s Trade-marks Act Closer To Reality
Canada’s federal Government introduced Bill C-56 on March 1, 2013 – the Combating Counterfeit Products Act. The primary focus of this Bill is to improve the ability ... Continued
2013 – A New Year Rings in with a New Copyright Landscape in Canada
2012 proved to be a very important year of change in Canadian copyright law. As summarized in the July 2012 edition of Knowledge Bytes, the ... Continued
Both Here and There: Trademark Use on Websites Available in Canada
Federal Court considered what constitutes use and advertising in Canada where a trade-mark appears on a computer screen website in Canada, regardless of where the information may have originated from or be stored
Invoices Evidencing Use and Abandoning Use of Trademarks
A decision from the Federal Court of Appeal, Iwasaki Electric Co. Ltd. v. Hortilux Schreder B.V, provides some useful commentary regarding invoices as evidence of ... Continued
Warm wishes – and thanks
On behalf of the Canadian Trademark Blog team, please accept our warmest wishes for a happy and prosperous new year. We plan to do our ... Continued
Bodum Gets French Pressed by Federal Court In Trademark Dispute
Federal Court handed Bodum another loss in ongoing fight to enforce trade-mark and other rights in Canada regarding mark FRENCH PRESS
Engineering a Successful Trademark Opposition: Canada’s Federal Court finds that KELLY ENGINEERING RESOURCES mark is deceptively misdescriptive
Federal Court reversed TMOB decision, held KELLY ENGINEERING RESOURCES trade-mark application was not registrable
Jeff Morton joins the Technology and IP Practice Groups
Clark Wilson LLP is pleased to announce that Jeff Morton has joined our Technology and Intellectual Property Practice Groups, bolstering our ability to service clients ... Continued
No Quid Means No Quo – Supreme Court of Canada Invalidates Patent
On November 8, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) released its decision in Teva Canada Ltd. v. Pfizer Canada Inc., 2012 SCC 60, which ... Continued
Update on .CA Domain Names
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (“CIRA”) is scheduled to allow registration of .CA Internationalized Domain Names (“IDNs”) in January 2013. .CA IDNs will use French ... Continued
In Honour of Black Friday – Big Brand Retailers Fight Quebec Language Law
CBC reports that a group of well-known retailers, including WALMART, COSTCO and BESTBUY, are taking the Quebec Government’s French language watchdog to Court over its recent ... Continued
Jeff Morton joins the Technology and IP Practice Groups
Clark Wilson LLP is pleased to announce that Jeff Morton has joined our Technology and Intellectual Property Practice Groups. He has extensive experience in obtaining ... Continued