As part of the implementation of various changes to Canadian Trademark Laws, the Federal Government of Canada released in June, 2017 the new proposed Trademark Regulations for public consultation. Canada has been modernizing its trademark law, including by moving to join three International Treaties administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) dealing with trademarks. These include the Madrid Protocol, the Singapore Treaty and the Nice Agreement. Canada has amended the Trade-marks Act to comply with the requirements of the treaties. It is now taking other steps toward implementation of the changes. One of these steps is these new proposed Trademark Regulations.
The proposed changes to the Trademark Regulations are intended to compliment the amendments that were made to the Trade-marks Act. The Regulations provide details relating to procedures and time frames for filing, prosecution and registration of trademarks with the Canadian Trade-marks Office.
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