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High Hurdles to Olympic Trade-mark Use
With six months left until the start of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, it seems appropriate to highlight another story involving Olympic trademarks. The Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) is not the only Olympic Committee vigilantly monitoring the use of Olympics related trade-marks. A recent bulletin chronicles the steps taken by the US Olympic Committee to protect the word OLYMPIC [...]
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: CIPO Changes Section 45 Procedures
It’s been a busy year for CIPO, and the organization is yet again amending some of its practices. This time it has s. 45 in its sights. As regular readers know, s. 45 of the Trade-marks Act provides a mechanism by which an interested party can seek to summarily expunge a registered trade-mark for three [...]
Ch-ch-ch-ch changes!
Following up on one of our earlier posts, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office recently adopted a couple of revisions to its examination practices. Since June 17, the Office has been providing six month periods to respond to Examiner objections, as opposed to the four month window previously provided. In addition, the Office is no longer [...]
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