If you are considering filing a trademark application in Canada, recent improvements in examination timelines at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) are worth...
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CIPO Updates Patentable Subject Matter Guidelines
Further to our post last week, the recent practice notice released by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) amends CIPO’s approach to patentable subject...
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CIPO Releases New Practice Notice on Patentable Subject Matter in Computer Implemented Inventions and Methods of Medical Diagnostics
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has released a new practice notice providing guidance on CIPO’s approach to determining whether patent claims are directed...
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CIPO Releases New IP Scam Awareness Zone
Canadian intellectual property stakeholders can now learn how to spot scams, see real examples of scams, and report suspicious activity through the Canadian Intellectual...
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What is a “Pamphlet”?
In Pollock-Cameron Investments Corporation v. Canada Gold and Silver Exchange Ltd., the Registrar of Trademarks had to determine whether the trademark GOLD VANCOUVER remained...
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Federal Court of Appeal Confirms Claims Invalid Where Key Term Is Indeterminate
In AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc. v. Tekna Plasma Systems Inc., the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed AP&C Advanced Powders & Coatings Inc....
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No “Person in the Loop” Required: FCA Clarifies Admissibility of Online Survey Evidence in Trademark Proceedings
In trademark cases, online surveys may be admissible as evidence; however, they must be properly designed and free from methodological flaws that may otherwise...
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Recent TMOB Decision Confirms Relatively Low Evidentiary Threshold for Section 45 Proceedings
Trademark registrants take note – a recent decision from the Trademarks Opposition Board (TMOB) highlights the relatively low evidentiary threshold required to maintain a...
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Federal Court Reminds Plaintiffs To Be Specific When Alleging Patent Infringement
In a recent decision on a motion to strike, the Federal Court struck a patent infringement statement of claim in its entirety, with leave...
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Registrar-initiated trademark expungement proceedings are “pruning the deadwood
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office’s (CIPO) 2025 pilot project on Registrar-initiated trademark registration expungement has begun to result in the expungement of trademark registrations,...
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