Trade-mark
May 1, 2019
2019 FC 406 - FC confirms that registered owner is not precluded to submit new evidence on appeal if no evidence is submitted after receiving s.45 notice from the Registrar.
April 18, 2019
USPTO introduces Automated Interview Requests; a new web-based tool that allows Applicants to schedule an interview with an Examiner for their pending patent application.
April 10, 2019
2018 FC 1261 - Trademarks expunged for lack of evidence establishing use, and for using deviants without the dominant features of the trademark design.
April 9, 2019
2019 FCA 63 - FCA confirms long standing test for admission of new evidence in judicial review of TMOB decision.
April 2, 2019
PCK's Coleen Morrison is recognized by Who's Who Legal.
March 21, 2019
2018 FCA 192 – FCA confirms CEEO Orders may be granted in unusual circumstances.
February 28, 2019
2018 FC 971 – FC confirms that government marks are subject to infringement actions
January 11, 2019
Strategies for Trademark Applicants from now until the new Trademark Law takes effect in June 2019
December 11, 2018
Fed. Cir. 2017-1468 – The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit confirms that surname may be registered as trademark as it acquired distinctiveness.
December 6, 2018
2018 FC 951 – The FC reiterates that trademarks will not be registered if they are likely to confuse consumers.