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Upcoming changes to Canada’s trademarks regime: what brand owners and their counsel need to know

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On April 1, 2025, long-awaited amendments to Canada’s Trademarks Act and Trademarks Regulations will come into force. The purpose of the amendments is to discourage abuse of Canada’s trademarks regime and to improve the...more

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Amendments to Trademarks Regulations Prompt Changes at Trademarks Opposition Board

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On January 29, 2025, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) announced that the long-awaited amendments to the Trademarks Regulations (SOR/2018-227) and new practice notices implementing cost awards, confidentiality...more

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New Year, New Trademark and Copyright Laws: Trademark Modernization Act and CASE Act

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When President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 into law on December 27, 2020, more than COVID-19 relief went into effect. The omnibus bill also included the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 and the...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update | August 2018 #2

LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - INTERIOR DEPT. TO ALLOW GMO CULTIVATION ON NATIONAL LANDS - The U.S. Department of the Interior has reportedly withdrawn a 2014 memorandum prohibiting the cultivation of genetically...more

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