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Managing the transition: the impact of Canada's amended Trademarks Act on pending trade-mark applications - Canadian Trademark Blog

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Managing the transition: the impact of Canada’s amended Trademarks Act. On pending trade-mark applications. Posted by Jeffrey Vicq. On March 16th, 2015. The recent amendments to Canada’s. Registrations issued prior to the Implementation Date. Applications that have been allowed prior to the Implementation Date. In the Canadian trademark system, once an application is allowed , it means that the application has been approved by a CIPO Examiner for advertisement in the. The government has not yet set the d...

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Federal Court of Appeal considers “special circumstances” in appeal of trade-mark expungement. In a recent decision of the Federal Court of Appeal ( FCA. The FCA took the rare opportunity to consider an appeal from a section 45 expungement proceeding. In One Group LLC v Gouverneur Inc. The FCA reviewed the Registrar’s decision not to expunge One Group LLC’s ( One Group. Trade-mark registration for STK (the Mark. On the basis of non-use, as well as the subsequent Federal Court ( FC. First, the FCA emphasi...

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Playing Nice: CIPO to accept applications with Nice Classifications this fall - Canadian Trademark Blog

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Playing Nice: CIPO to accept applications with Nice Classifications this fall. Posted by Kwan Loh. On July 1st, 2015. In a milestone step towards harmonization of Canada’s trade-mark regime with most other developed countries, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) announced yesterday. That starting this fall, it will accept trade-mark applications filed with goods and services classified using the Nice Classification system. Happy Canada Day to all of our readers! Together, they manage the tra...

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C’est vrai: Québec government to continue seeking use of French on store signage. The Canadian media, including the CBC. Is reporting that the Québec government intends to continue its fight to require the use of French on signage where trade-marks and business names are otherwise displayed in English. This is the latest development in a dispute that has gone on for a number of years. As previously discussed in our post. In the meantime, the Québec government has decided to approach the issue from a matt...

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Realtors Stake Their Turf. Delegates to a special meeting of the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), the owner of the registered trade-mark MLS. And variations such as MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE and Design. Further study of proposed changes to the rules governing realtors’ listing of homes on the MLS system. Although news articles. Posted by Karen Monteith. On September 28th, 2006. Filed under Protection and Enforcement. Creative Trade-marks for Wine. Over the course of the last 3 months. Midnight Lea...

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Nice-ly done: CIPO now accepting voluntary classification of goods and services. From July 2015, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) is now accepting trade-mark applications filed with goods and services classified using the Nice Classification system. As part of this process, CIPO has also updated the online Canadian trade-marks database. Such that “Nice classification” is now a possible search field. In addition, the Canadian. Goods and Services Manual. If no other requirements and/or ob...

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Counterfeit Chic: Way to Go, Mrs. O!

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Culture of the Copy. Laquo; Topshop Give or Take? Runway Ready ». Way to Go, Mrs. O! Move over, Mr. President. The First Lady has a new marketing plan that may eliminate the need for additional taxpayer-funded bailouts and pull America out of the recession: First Family branding. While Michelle Obama initially objected. Michelle Obama: The First Hundred Outfits. Well, they certainly are brats sometimes, she admitted with a big smile. The best part of Michelle's plan is that as long as Barak remains in of...

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Jonathan B. Wilson

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Jonathan B. Wilson. Legislation for Renewable Energy. Jonathan Wilson is an Atlanta attorney with more than 19 years of experience guiding growing private and public companies. He currently serves as the outside general counsel of several companies and is the former general counsel of Web.com.com (NASDAQ: WWWW) and EasyLink Services (NASDAQ: ESIC). He is also the founding chair of the Renewable Energy Committee of the American Bar Association's Public Utility Section. Saturday, July 2, 2011. Adam Smith, ...