Trademark
A trademark is a word or logo used by one person to distinguish goods or services provided by that person from those provided by another. The interest protected by a trademark is the “goodwill” of the trademark owner and the consumer’s ability to rely on the mark to distinguish the source of goods or services.
June 28, 2019
June has been international pride month where rainbow flags are raised in unity, including at PCK Intellectual Property.
June 18, 2019
The Raptors may have won the NBA championship but they still have a court battle ahead, this time against popular energy drink Monster Energy.
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 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.
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.
November 27, 2018
2018 FC 941 – The FC confirms that trademark variants must retain distinctive features to demonstrate “use” of the registered Mark.
November 20, 2018
USMCA – On September 31, 2018, Canada reached a new agreement with the USA and Mexico – here is an overview.
November 15, 2018
Changes coming to Canadian trademark law and the requirement to show use of trademark before registration.
November 13, 2018
2018 FC 855 – Federal Court confirms licensee’s use of trademark variant constituted use of registered trademark.
November 2, 2018
Bill C-86 – The omnibus bill creates ambiguity in authorized representation before the Patent Office and the Office of the Registrar of Trade-marks.
November 1, 2018
Bill C-86 - an overview on its impacts on Canadian trademark law.
September 18, 2018
2018 FC 895 – Federal Court confirms that the term “services” must be interpreted liberally; confirms that brick and mortar hotel not needed in Canada to establish use of trademark.
September 18, 2018
2018 FC 778 – Canada’s Federal Court confirms that foreign corporations do not need to have a brick-and-mortar store in Canada to establish use of their mark in association with services.
September 11, 2018
2018 FC 853 - The Federal Court allowed Swatch AG’s appeal of a decision of the Registrar of Trade-marks allowing Hudson Watch Inc’s opposition to Swatch’s registration of its “iSWATCH” mark.
June 7, 2018
IAM Patent 1000 recognizes the sharp, streamlined support Perry + Currier Inc. provides, along with its other achievements and advancements.