As Canada is finally adhering to the Nice Classification system, one of the most significant changes that trademark owners will notice is that government fees for filing and renewal will go up – significantly for some!
Ad Standards Canada updates its Dispute Procedure
Advertising Standards Canada (“Ad Standards”) is a not-for-profit self-regulatory body that provides competitors with a confidential forum for the resolution of advertising disputes as an alternative to a court action. The process for dispute resolution with Ad Standards is governed by the Advertising Dispute Procedure (the “Dispute Procedure”). The Dispute Procedure is intended to provide a quick, pragmatic and cost-effective process to resolve advertising disputes and facilitate the expeditious amendment or withdrawal of advertising that contravenes the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards (the “Code”).
Brexit: EU trade mark renewals in event of no-deal
In our recent post (click here to access), we confirmed that for EU trade marks which are registered at the withdrawal date, either 29 March 2019 (no-deal scenario) or 31 December 2020 (deal scenario), new UK national rights will be
Brexit: trade mark numbering for cloned UK marks
New UK national rights will be cloned onto the UK register, automatically, without charge and retaining all relevant dates.
Changes to UK trademark law 2019
On January 14, 2019 new trademark laws came into force in the UK, to implement the EU Trademark Directive 2015/2436.
Brexit: trademarks and designs
It won’t be news to you that there is still a great deal of uncertainty around Brexit and, with the March 29, 2019 looming, we do not yet know if the UK will exit in an orderly fashion (with a deal and with a transition period), obtain an extension of the negotiating period with a view to agreeing terms, crash out without a deal or, reverse the process altogether.
Catching up with nationals: Proposal to allow divisional applications for International registrations designating Australia
In January 2019, IP Australia released a draft of proposed amendments to the Trade Marks Regulations 1995 for public consultation.