Beginning in January 2025, the Canadian Trademarks Office (CIPO) will start proactively and unilaterally (i.e., without a request by a third party) sending notices to registered trademark owners requiring them to prove that...more
Those familiar with filing and prosecuting trademark applications in Canada will know that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has among the world’s most stringent standards for assessing the specificity of goods...more
9/25/2024
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Brand ,
Canada ,
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) ,
Food Supply ,
Goods or Services ,
Robots ,
SaaS ,
Trademarks ,
Trademarks Act ,
Websites
If you filed a Madrid application on behalf of your client, and designated Canada, you should have received a “Courtesy Letter” from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) advising you as follows...more
12/9/2019
/ Administrative Procedure ,
Best Practices ,
Canada ,
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) ,
Client Communication ,
Foreign Trademark ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Madrid Protocol ,
Trademark Agents ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademarks ,
WIPO ,
Written Notice
A little over a month has passed since Canada acceded to the Madrid Protocol. The moment was historic, with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) being the first office to allow trademark applicants to use the...more
After five years of anticipation, sweeping changes to Canada’s trademark law will finally come into force on June 17, 2019. The changes, which are substantial, have been canvassed in previous IP Updates. The following briefly...more
6/5/2019
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Canada ,
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) ,
Color Marks ,
Declaration of Use ,
Divisional Applications ,
Filing Fees ,
Madrid Protocol ,
Nice Classification ,
Non-Use of Trademarks ,
Renewal Fees ,
Scent Marks ,
Taste Marks ,
Third-Party Rights ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Cancellation ,
Trademark Ownership ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Renewal Applications ,
Trademarks ,
Trademarks Act
In the wake of the 2014 announcement that the Canadian Trademarks Act would undergo significant overhaul, there was much speculation about how the changes would impact the behaviour of those filing trademark applications in...more