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Are tougher days coming for approval of agribusiness certification trademarks in Australia?

By Georgina Hey (AU) on November 29, 2018

On 22 November 2018 the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) issued its initial assessment of the rules governing use of four certification trade marks in the name of OxoPak Pty Ltd, indicating its intention deny approval for the certification rules, and therefore the trade marks will be denied. Continue ... Continue reading

No use crying over spilt (plant-based-dairy-free-alternatives-to) milk?

Mirror, mirror on the wall, what’s my taxable Insta value after all?

Social media influencers – to “like” or not to “like?”

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Canada: Further trademark amendments are here — Bill C-86 is given Royal Assent

By Amy Grenon (CA) on December 18, 2018

Canada’s core IP statutes have been amended by Bill C-86, which received Royal Assent as the Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2, SC 2018, c 27 on December 14, 2018. The final version of the legislation includes amendments to the Trade-marks Act that are substantially identical to the version that ... Continue reading

Recent developments for IPR protection in China

Bill C-86 — significant changes to Canada’s IP regime

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Counterfeiting

Canadian Anti-counterfeiting under the USMCA – what you see? We (mostly) already got it

By Karen MacDonald (CA) on October 21, 2018

The USMCA – aka NAFTA 2.0 – has a Chapter devoted to intellectual property, which has been the subject much consideration and debate since release of the text on October 1, 2018. With some commentators lamenting that Canada “caved” to US demands and predicting that the IP provisions of the ... Continue reading

(Don’t) knock it off!

Canada: out of line in combatting counterfeiting

Brands Around the World: Best Practices Roundtable on Protecting Your Valuable Brand

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Good to know: The US trademark office has a ‘proof of use’ audit program for trademark registrations

By Georgina Hey (AU) on January 11, 2019

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) requires trademark owners to support their trademark registrations by providing one specimen of use per class, at both 6 years and 10 years after the trademark registration date. So, for instance, if you have a registration covering ‘clothing, footwear and headgear’ in class ... Continue reading

Canada: Further trademark amendments are here — Bill C-86 is given Royal Assent

Do not be fooled — Misleading solicitations regarding your trademarks

Are tougher days coming for approval of agribusiness certification trademarks in Australia?

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