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Impacts on Doing Business in Canada: Newly Effective Provisions of Quebec Bill 96

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Although English and French are both recognized as official languages of Canada, Quebec continues to enact laws which are directed to maintaining its unique cultural identity through the use of the Charter of the French...more

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

USPTO Adopts Partial Trademark Replacement Rule to Align with Madrid Protocol

Effective July 2, 2025, the USPTO will accept requests for both full and partial replacement of earlier national trademark registrations with international registrations. Previously, the USPTO only permitted trademark holders...more

Bodman

Update: New Requirements for Delaware Assumed Name Filings Include Mandatory Re-Registration of Trade Names

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Pursuant to House Bill 177, Delaware has postponed the effective date of the changes to its trade name registration process until February 2, 2026, to “allow the Department of Revenue to conduct outreach to affected agencies...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Update for International Trademark Holders: US Incorporates Madrid Protocol Amendment

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How can trademark owners transition from a national or regional registration to an international registration in a designated territory without prejudice or loss of priority dates? The principle of “replacement” allows a...more

Morgan Lewis

Changes in Delaware Trade Name and DBA Registrations Slated for Early 2026

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Effective February 2, 2026, significant changes will be implemented in the process of registering fictitious names, trade names, and doing business as names (collectively trade names) in Delaware. These changes are designed...more

Bodman

New Requirements for Delaware Assumed Name Filings Include Mandatory Re-Registration of Trade Names

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Beginning June 2, 2025, Delaware will no longer require companies to file notarized trade names (also known as “doing business as” or “DBA” names) in each county. Instead, companies will need to complete a single online...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Bill 96: New Rules for the Use of Trademarks on Commercial Signage and Product Packaging Soon to Come into Effect

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The final amendments to the Québec Charter of the French Language (“Charter”) introduced by Bill 96 will come into force on June 1, 2025. These changes relate to how non-French trademarks can appear on commercial signage and...more

Kilpatrick

Bahamas Now Accepting Service Mark Filings Under New Trademark Law, But Regulations Still Pending

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As of February 1, 2025, The Bahamas enacted a new Trademarks Act that, for the first time, allows service mark registrations and adopts the Nice Classification system. While this is a major step in modernizing the country’s...more

Smart & Biggar

[Webinar] Impact of Bill 96 on product trademarks: insights from new regulation, OQLF’s guidelines and discussions with the OQLF -...

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Join us for an insightful webinar on how to address the French Charter requirements for trademarks appearing on products, considering the recently issued Quebec regulation and the OQLF's new guidelines. Over this 60-minute...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

2023 China Trademark Legal and Practice Updates for Foreign Brand Owners

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In order to strengthen the protection of the intellectual property rights and improve the quality control of trademark prosecution and enforcement, China issued a number of new regulations and practice guidelines in late...more

Hogan Lovells

China: implementing regulations for new Trademark Law published - Weapons against bad faith filings upgraded, but uncertainty...

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On 11 October 2019, China's State Administration for Market Regulation ("SAMR") published the Regulations on the Registration of Trademarks, which will become effective on 1 December 2019. The Regulations are implementing...more

Ladas & Parry LLP

China Publishes New Regulations To Clarify Parts Of The New Trademark Laws Which Go Into Effect On December 1st

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On October 16, 2019, the China State Administration for Market Regulation released new interim regulations in relation to normalizing trademark application behaviors, which in part define and address the “malicious trademark...more

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Navigating the Legalization of Hemp under the 2018 Farm Bill Involves Changes to the Issuance of Federal Trademarks in the...

Legalizing “hemp” under the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) has triggered an important change for the examination of federal trademark applications concerning cannabis and cannabis-derived goods and...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

2018 Farm Bill and Federal Trademark Protection for Hemp

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") generally refuses to register marks that violate federal law. Hemp and hemp-derived CBD were previously classified as Schedule I controlled substances under the Controlled...more

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Trademark Registration Sees a New High: Registration for trademarks for goods derived from "hemp" now allowed under USPTO rules

Following the enactment of the 2018 Farm Bill [see related article1], the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) just this morning released a new Trademark Examination Guide for marks covering cannabis and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Beware of Suspicious Trademark Solicitations

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Over the past few years, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has experienced an uptick in filings of trademark applications from entities outside the United States, especially from China, that do not appear to have a...more

Smart & Biggar

Trademarks in Canada: A year of change and global harmony

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2018 was an exciting year for the trademarks profession in Canada. The long awaited changes to our Trademarks Act were announced, many of which will bring us in line this year with the rest of the world. There will also be a...more

Lathrop GPM

New Canadian Trademark Rules Go Into Effect June 17, 2019

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The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has issued new Trademark Regulations that will go into effect on June 17, 2019. These new regulations implement significant amendments in the Canadian Trademarks Act adopted by the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Launched July 8, 2017: New USPTO Rules to Clear “Deadwood” in the Federal Trademark Registry

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With the latest rule changes having taken effect July 8, 2017, the United States Patent and Trademark Office continues its efforts to clear deadwood from the federal trademark register. Earlier this year, we reported on the...more

Roetzel & Andress

US Patent & Trademark Office Issues New Trademark Use Rule

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On January 19, 2017 the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice in the Federal Register introducing new requirements for declarations of use in commerce filed pursuant to Sections 8 and 71 of the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoFo IP Newsletter - November 2016

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FDA (Finally!) Issues New Regulations to Clarify Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation: How to Use Patent “Use Codes” - October 6, 2016, the FDA issued a final rule implementing certain provisions of the Medicare...more

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Fighting Cyberflight of Domain Names: ICANN Seeks Enforcement of New UDRP Rules

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In what appears to be a first, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”), the organization responsible for maintenance of domain names and IP addresses, has sent a notice of non-compliance to a...more

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