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Feb 05

ICBClosestrademarkcase.com

By BTM Lawyers Business, Employment, Intellectual Property No Comments

Recently, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia ("ICBC") lost a trade-mark dispute against Stainton Ventures Ltd. ("Stainton"), which owns the website <ICBCadvice.com>. A full version of the decision is available here. As a brief summary of the trial case,…

Jan 12

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HALAL and KOSHER – potential trade-marks?

By BTM Lawyers Intellectual Property No Comments

I came across an interesting case today: Islamic Society of North America - Canada v. Bank of Montreal, in which the Trade-Marks Opposition Board ("TMOB") was asked to consider whether HALAL was distinctive for the purposes of identifying mortgages, mutual…

Dec 30

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New Year’s Trade-Mark Checkup

By BTM Lawyers Intellectual Property No Comments

Every year, I recommend that businesses perform a "checkup" on their branding and advertising to ensure proper usage of their trademarks. First, recall that even though a trademark may be registered, this alone does not ensure protection - a trademark…

Aug 28

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Changes to the Trade-marks Act

By BTM Lawyers Intellectual Property No Comments

On June 19, 2014 the Canadian government ratified a bill which will modernize our current Trade-marks Act, and with it comes sweeping changes to the methods and processes behind trademark registration and enforcement. While the bill received royal assent, changes…

Jul 04

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Redskins trademark cancelled

By BTM Lawyers Intellectual Property 2 Comments

I'd like to chime in about the recent trademark news concerning the Washington Redskins football team. If you are unaware of the recent controversy, the story begins at least as early as 1992, when Suzan Harjo and six other plaintiffs…

ICBClosestrademarkcase.com

HALAL and KOSHER – potential trade-marks?

New Year’s Trade-Mark Checkup

Changes to the Trade-marks Act

Redskins trademark cancelled

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