Our very own Mike Andrews was featured on the CityNews Sam Laprade Show discussing the potential legal consequences of Twitters rebranding to X. Click here to listen starting at the 19:50 mark
Amendments to Canada’s Patent Rules were published on June 22, 2022 in Part II of the Canada Gazette. The amended Rules discussed below will come into force on October 3, 2022 (with the exception of the new sequence listing standard that came into force on July 1, 2022). The amendments strive to better streamline the [...]
By Tracy Corneau & Alyssa Lamont In the recent decision of Beijing Judian Restaurant Co. Ltd. v. Meng, 2022 FC 743, the FCTD found the registrant had acted in bad faith, contrary to Subsection 18(1)(e) of the Canadian Trademarks Act. This provision was added to the new TMA in 2019. Background Beijing Judian is a [...]
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has announced it has updated the trade-marks Goods and Services Manual to reflect the issuance of the 11th edition of the Nice Classification by the World Intellectual Property Office. While adherence to the Nice Classification is not currently mandatory in Canada, its adoption has completed the legislative process and [...]
