IP News

Since April 1, 2025, the Trademarks Regulations has permitted the Registrar to order costs, on request, against a party in summary trademark expungement proceedings...
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Businesses acquiring Canadian trademarks that may have fallen into disuse should take note: in Comité interprofessionnel du vin de champagne v. Coors Brewing Company,...
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The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) recently published its IP Canada Report 2025. The report highlights recent IP filing trends across patents, trademarks, industrial...
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A trademark registration grants the owner the “exclusive right to the use throughout Canada of the trademark in respect of those goods or services”...
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Novartis AG is the owner of a Canadian trademark registration for BEOVU for use in relation to pharmaceutical preparations for treating neovascular age-related macular...
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Canadian artists should take note as an Artist’s Resale Right may be on the horizon in Canada. In its 2025 Budget, the Canadian federal...
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A group of major Canadian media organizations (the “Plaintiffs”) has scored an early procedural victory against OpenAI in Ontario. Justice Kimmel of the Ontario...
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Trademark registrants take note – a recent decision from the Trademarks Opposition Board (“TMOB”) serves as a reminder of the importance of using your...
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In NCS Multistage Inc. v Kobold Corporation, 2025 FCA 187, the Federal Court of Appeal provides a helpful reminder on claims construction, including that...
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At the request of McMillan LLP, the Registrar of Trademarks issued a section 45 notice requiring Gallagher Benefit Services (Canada) Group Inc. to demonstrate...
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