Brand owners looking to enforce their rights expeditiously (and inexpensively) need look no further than Canada, which offers brand owners a number of tools to obtain relief against infringers and counterfeiters in a...more
12/21/2019
/ Attorney's Fees ,
Canada ,
Corporate Branding ,
Counterfeiting ,
Discovery ,
Expedited Actions Process ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Litigation Fees & Costs ,
Personal Brands ,
Punitive Damages ,
Remedies ,
Summary Judgment ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks
On July 22, 2019, the Federal Court issued its decision in Loblaws Inc v Columbia Insurance Company, 2019 FC 961. Pampered Chef, a Berkshire Hathaway company and a world-leader in the sale of premium kitchenware products, has...more
There were many interesting trademark cases coming out of 2018, a few of which are discussed below.
The scope of Canada’s anti-dilution remedy (section 22 of the Trademarks Act) is not limited to a defendant’s use of a...more
2/2/2019
/ Abandonment ,
Anti-Dilution Terms ,
Appeals ,
Brick-and-Mortar Stores ,
Canada ,
Comparative Advertising ,
Competition Act ,
Descriptive Trademarks ,
Hilton ,
Hotels ,
Inherently Distinctive ,
Leave to Appeal ,
Likelihood of Confusion ,
Mootness ,
Retail Sales ,
Reversal ,
Services ,
Trademark Act ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Cancellation ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
Use in Commerce
After more than a year of negotiations, Canada reached a new free-trade agreement with Mexico and the United States minutes before the midnight deadline on September 30, 2018....more
10/5/2018
/ Biologics ,
Canada ,
Collective Marks ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Terms ,
Counterfeiting ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Damages ,
Data Protection ,
Domain Names ,
Industrial Design ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
NAFTA ,
Patent Law Treaty ,
Patent Term Adjustment ,
Patents ,
The Copyright Act ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademarks ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies