Following a well-publicized debate, on May 24, 2022, the National Assembly of Québec finally passed the Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec (Bill 96), a major reform of the 1977 Charter of the French
Protecting goodwill: When in doubt, be kind!
For many people the word “BOSS” on a piece of clothing evokes the German luxury fashion house Hugo Boss. (Employers usually don’t need to affix a BOSS mark on their clothes to signal their position.)
Yet for some, especially in
UPDATE: Canadian Intellectual Property Office further extends all deadlines to May 1st
In response to the continuing disruption caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has announced on March 27, 2020 a further extension for filing deadlines – all deadlines ending in the month of April 2020 will
UPDATE ON COVID-19 : CIPO announces extensions in wake of outbreak in Canada
Given the many challenges faced by all businesses in dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has advised that it will relax filing deadlines for the remainder of March 2020. This decision was first announced on
Final countdown: the date is set for implementing significant changes to Canadian trademark law
The Canadian government has set down June 17, 2019 as the date when the most significant changes to Canada’s trademark law in over 50 years will finally be implemented.
Getting Ready for Change – Nice Classification Comes to Canada
In anticipation of the upcoming changes to the Trade-marks Act (the “Act”), now scheduled to take place in 2019, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) is inviting owners of registered trademarks that are due for renewals as of January 2018
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP hosts CIPO Consultations on Trademark Regulations
From June 19 to July 21, 2017, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) held public consultations on proposed amendments to the Trademark Regulations.
The amendments, part of the modernization of Canada’s intellectual property framework, follow from changes made to