We recently reported on the increased appearance of creative trademarks for wine, based on applications to the Canadian Trade-marks Registrar over the last few months. Thanks to the creative talents of wine marketing trendsetters like B.C.’s own Bernie Hadley-Beauregard of Brandever Strategies, this movement appears to be continuing. Recent applications include some animal references such [...]
View the full post »As an update to earlier posts (here and here), the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) announced the results of its consultation with the public regarding implementing changes to the dot-ca domain name Whois Privacy Policy. Under the proposed new policy, technical information will still be displayed on the Whois information for a dot-ca domain name [...]
View the full post »There were four decisions from the Canadian courts in March that readers may find of interest. Expungement Allowed – In Emall.ca Inc. et al. v. Cheap Tickets and Travel Inc. the applicant sought expungement of the respondent’s trademarks in Federal Court after the respondent commenced an action in the British Columbia Supreme Court for infringement. [...]
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