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Complaints regarding the growth of bad faith trade mark applications in China have been raised for a while now. The existing Trade Mark Law in China does not readily imply bad faith on trade mark applicants with no genuine intention
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They say that a picture tells a thousand words. But as became apparent in Australia recently, posting a picture on social media can result in a thousand (derogatory and sexist) words.
A photograph posted on Twitter by Seven AFL (taken
Sweeping changes to the Canadian Trade-marks Act will finally be implemented putting Canadian brand owners on equal footing with the rest of the world.
Taking effect on June 17, 2019, the changes will allow for the consistent classification of a brand owner’s goods and services as Canada will finally adopt this process under the Nice Agreement.
Canada will also be eliminating the requirement for filing a declaration of use for those applications that were filed under proposed or intent to use. This means that owners will not need to have a commercial sale prior to registration.
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