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We represented luxury car manufacturer BMW in a trade-mark action over BMW's iconic "M" trade-marks. At trial, we obtained an injunction against Nissan's use of "M" and "M6" in association with its luxury vehicles. The decision was reversed on appeal.

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> New Anti-Counterfeiting Bill introduced in Canada

On Friday, March 1st, 2013, the Federal government introduced Bill C-56, the Combating Counterfeit Products Act. If passed, Bill C-56 would make signi...

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> Court rules trademarks based on foreign registration require foreign use at filing

The Federal Court of Canada has weighed in on an important issue relating to applications based on foreign use and registration. Justice Manson held i...

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> Victory for RIM in trademark battle over BBM

The Federal Court found in RIM's favour this week by holding that it was not infringing BBM’s trade-mark rights through the use of "BBM" to...

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> Canada welcomes sound marks with a roar

The Canadian Trademarks Office announced today that it will immediately start accepting applications for registration of sound trademarks. MGM, the pr...

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> Supreme Court of Canada clarifies trademark confusion test

On May 26, 2011, Canada's highest court clarified the test for confusion and addressed the impact of prior use, effect of geographical difference...

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> Supreme Court grants leave to appeal in Internet defamation and trademark confusion cases

The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear the defamation case of Crookes v. Newton (2008 BCSC 1424, aff'd 2009 BCCA 392). This case promises...

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> Amazon, appeals, and adwords: IP news from around the world

USPTO issues re-examination certificate to Amazon.com After four years of re-examination, the USPTO recently confirmed, albeit after certain amendmen...

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> Notice period for opposing official mark may run from service of statement of claim, FC rules

A defendant in a trademark and official mark infringement action was permitted to proceed with its application for judicial review of the asserted off...

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> CIPO proposes new rules for post-appeal practice, new qualifications to write agent exams

New proposed rules for post-final action practice in the Patent Office In the wake of Belzberg v. Commissioner of Patents, 2009 FC 657 (currently und...

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> Supreme Court declines to hear about whisky's appeal

Today, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed with costs the Scotch Whisky Association's application for leave to appeal Glenora Distillers Intern...

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> Facebook gives trademark owners window to reserve URLs with their marks

As of Saturday, June 13, Facebook will be offering usernames as part of the URL for a user’s profile page. Previously, a user’s identity w...

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> Imminent changes to trade-mark opposition practice

Effective March 31, 2009, the Trade-marks Opposition Board will implement several changes to Canadian opposition proceedings. The changes are aimed,...

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> Cape Breton distillery free to use 'glen' in its trade-mark

"Glen" has not become synonymous with Scotland

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