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
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
2/4/2019
/ Budget Implementation Act ,
Canada ,
Color Marks ,
Corporate Branding ,
Fashion Branding ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Madrid Protocol ,
Motion Marks ,
New Regulations ,
Nice Classification ,
Scent Marks ,
Sound Marks ,
Trademarks ,
Trademarks Act ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
Canada is increasingly becoming a hot bed for IP litigation involving U.S. IP owners, and provides a highly favourable forum from a procedural, substantive law and litigation costs perspective.
American companies have seen...more
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