Aug 17, 2021 | Trademark Protection, Trademark Registration, Trademark Searches
Share This :Distinctiveness is the heart of a valid trademark. At its core, a trademark must actually distinguish, or be adapted to distinguish the goods and services of one provider from those of others. It is for this reason that generic terms are not protectable as...
Mar 18, 2021 | Trademark Registration, Trademark Searches
Share This :I recently participated on a panel discussion about what it takes to bring a product to market. I want to share with you some of the product trademark insights that I shared in that discussion. As a lawyer, unfortunately, I see far too frequently the...
Mar 12, 2021 | Trademark Registration
Share This :What happens to your Madrid Protocol trademark application if your home country trademark application is rejected? Let’s backtrack a bit. The international procedure under the Madrid Protocol (the Protocol) begins with a home application or registration,...
Mar 10, 2021 | Trademark Registration
Share This :In the interest of timeliness and efficacy, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) allows for certain amendments to pending trademark applications to be initiated by way of a simple telephone conversation between the trademark examiner and the...
Feb 17, 2021 | Trademark Registration
Share This :Extensions of time in Canadian trademark prosecution are exceptional. The seemingly limitless ability to secure extensions in trademark examination is simply a thing of the past. Foreign counsel and domestic applicants should plan to instruct their...
Feb 4, 2021 | Trademark Registration
Share This :The Canadian Trademarks Opposition Board (the “TMOB”) has officially declared that a claim of depreciation of goodwill, can serve as a valid ground of opposition in trademark opposition proceedings. On October 5, 2020, the TMOB released a ground-breaking...
