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2572495 Ontario Inc., carrying on business as Vacuum Parts Canada (VPC), sought an interlocutory injunction to stop the defendants from...

The Federal Court of Appeal has made it more difficult to assert rights against defendants alleged to have made copies of the films...

In this blog entry we deal with copyright developments in the last few months. The Online Streaming Act. The Government (Department of...

Subject to the right to descriptive use under section 20 of the Trademarks Act and other more limited restrictions, the registration of a...

This month we are discussing the process for obtaining a registration and problems with the system. Under the current Trademarks Act when...

A decision of the Federal Court has dismissed an appeal from a decision of the Trademark Opposition Broad. (Spirit Bear Coffee Company...

A decision of the General Court of the European Union raises some interesting considerations concerning protecting a geographical...

A decision of the UK Court of Appeal has found that copyright likely subsists in the Bitcoin File Format and provides a detailed summary...

A recent decision of the Federal Court provides a detailed review of alleged comparative advertising. Energizer Brands, LLC v. Gillette...

In our previous blog Madrid Protocal Applications we discussed applications for an International Registration where the Canadian...

In this blog entry we deal with copyright developments in the last few months The Ontario Court of Appeal has refused to extend the right...

The Madrid System is a solution for registering and managing trademarks on a worldwide basis. A single international trademark...

A decision of the Supreme Court of the United States has concluded that a plaintiff must show use in commerce in the United States of the...

Ebox Inc. (the Applicant) applied for the trademark EBOX TV (the Mark) based on proposed use in Canada in association with services...

A recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States has considered the balance between the rights of a trademark owner and the...

Shaoguan Risen Trading Corporation Ltd., (the “Applicant”) owns a trademark registration for the trademark DOUBLE SWALLOW BRAND & DESIGN...

It is taking approximately 50 months for CIPO to examine a trademark application. This is a national embarrassment which just does not...

A Representaion or Description The requirement to provide a “drawing” has been replaced with the broader concept of a “representation” or...

A decision of the English High Court of Justice raises some interesting trademark and branding issues. Lidl Great Britain Ltd v Tesco...

A Palpable and Overriding Error Must be Shown to Successfully Appeal From an Examiner's Refusal Tweak-D Inc. v. Attorney General of...