Use
January 17, 2020
Because of the status of cannabis and trademark laws in the US, brand owners are looking to Canada to register their cannabis trademarks.
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.
November 27, 2018
2018 FC 941 – The FC confirms that trademark variants must retain distinctive features to demonstrate “use” of the registered Mark.
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.
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.