Last updated on June 29th, 2022 at 12:13 pm As of late March 2012, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is accepting sound-based trademark applications. This policy change follows a 20 year battle with CIPO and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios to trademark its famous lion’s roar. In the past, CIPO took the position that sounds could
Last updated on June 29th, 2022 at 12:11 pm The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) is unconstitutional and declared PIPA to be invalid in its entirety. The Court found that restrictions on the ability of unions to photograph and videotape workers crossing a picket line infringed the right
Last updated on June 29th, 2022 at 12:11 pm The Federal Court recently found the wide-spread fame of the COHIBA trade-marks for cigars and cigarillos was sufficient to reject an application to register the trade-mark LAZARO COHIBA for rum. Tequila Cuervo (“Cuervo”) filed a trade-mark application in February of 1996, for the mark LAZARO COHIBA,
Last updated on June 29th, 2022 at 12:09 pm With the exception of Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador, securities regulatory authorities in other Canadian jurisdictions have published a draft prospectus exemption for comment. The exemption would make it easier – and less costly – for issuers listed on the TSX Venture Exchange to distribute securities
Last updated on June 29th, 2022 at 12:08 pm On May 8, 2014, the Office Québécois de la Langue Française (OQLF) appealed the Superior Court’s decision allowing English-only trade-marks on store signs in Quebec. On April 9, 2014, the Quebec Superior Court issued its decision allowing English-only trade-marks on store signs in Quebec. This decision