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False alarm: the risks of groundless online takedown complaints

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Online takedowns are an essential and effective tool for intellectual property rightsholders. Such tools are a common response to infringement on online marketplaces. A recent Canadian decision highlights the risks associated...more

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Five New Year resolutions for trademark owners in 2024

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Trying some healthy habits in 2024? Your trademarks want you to do the same! A trademark has value when it is distinct and enforceable. Even registered marks can lose value if proper “trademark hygiene” is not followed...more

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Intellectual Property Protection Strategies for Successful Business in the US and Canada

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Imagine that you are a founder of a revolutionary technology startup in Canada. Your company is about to release its blockbuster product that will disrupt the entire industry and catapult your company to fame and...more

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Stand and Deliver—Federal Court Enforces Trademarks For "Stork" Lawn Signs Announcing New Births

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A single product can, in some circumstances, attract more than one form of intellectual property (IP) protection. For example, if functioning as an indicator of source, a product itself can attract trademark protection while...more

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Grey Marketing – Still Not Black and White in Canada

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Grey marketing, sometimes referred to as “parallel importation”, is the diversion of goods, originally intended for sale only in certain countries, to other countries where they were not intended to be sold. The goods are not...more

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Trade-Marks in Canada: Proper Use and Maintenance

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Proper usage is essential to protecting and maintaining valuable rights in trade-marks. The general rule is ‘use it or lose it’: unless a trade-mark is actually used continuously in connection with products or services,...more

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