Brand owners are encouraged to consider specification items that may be of interest and make submissions to protect their rights.

The board imposed a suspension on advertisements in which a company's trade name or trademark is used as a keyword by competitors, on the ground that such advertisements are misleading to consumers. 

While there may be some conceptual overlap, trademark infringement and the abusive registration of domain names under the UDRP are not always the same thing.

Tenro AG, a Swiss company established by former tennis champion Roger Federer, has failed in its opposition against the mark ROGER KING for golf equipment.

The burden of proving trademark infringement is lighter in cases involving medicinal drugs - especially Schedule-H drugs, which can be sold only by medical prescription. 

Two recent decisions show that copyright is not the most effective means to protect the shape of mass-produced products sold in Canada.

The court found that the defendants’ use of the mark VIGOURA in relation to homeopathic medicine amounted to infringement and passing off of Pfizer’s registered mark VIAGRA.

The applicant’s right to be heard had not been infringed since, in particular, he had been able to make his views known before the Board of Appeal before the adoption of its decision.

In this dispute over use of the ENERZY mark for an energy powder, the court had to interpret an agreement entered into by the parties in relation to the transfer of various trademarks upon payment of the agreed consideration. 

Decree 46/2024/ND-CP seeks to clarify certain ambiguities and address practical challenges faced by IP rights holders and enforcement authorities in the past.