Canadian Trademark Blog

Provides insight and analysis on Canadian trademark issues and offers a uniquely Canadian perspective on trademark and domain name topics of international interest.

Author: Neil Melliship, Larry Munn, Karen Monteith, Jeffrey Vicq, Tasha Coulter and Niamh Pollak are all members of Clark Wilson in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • Trademark Law • International • North America • Canada • Associate • Partner

Recent Posts from Canadian Trademark Blog

BTO Members Taking Care of Legal Business
Fans of the 70’s Canadian super group, Bachman Turner Overdrive (also commonly known as BTO), may have noted the report of a legal dispute between current and former band members over the rights to the band’s trademarks. The…
Counterfeit Goods: Statutory and Punitive Damages
Microsoft Corporation v. 1276916 Ontario Ltd. et al is not a trademark case. However, it is a further illustration of Canadian courts’ willingness to award substantial statutory damages under the Copyright Act, together with punitive damages,…
Judgment nets 800 Domains
According to news reports (here and here), Chris Bosh, of the NBA’s Toronto Raptors, was awarded control of 800 domains through a U.S. Federal Court ruling. The domains, which included chrisbosh.com, were apparently wrongfully appropriated from…
CIPO Contemplating Changes - Extensions of Time in Examination
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (”CIPO”) today announced a new consultation regarding a proposed change in practice with respect to the granting of extensions of time in examination. According to the draft practice notice, CIPO…
More Beer Brand Wars
You can tell that it’s Fall up here in the Great White North. The weather is turning cooler, the NHL preseason is in full swing and another trademark battle between Canadian brewery icons Molson and Labatts has…
Limey! Another Beer Battle a-Brewing
News today that another battle is brewing in Canada’s notoriously litigious beer industry: Waterloo’s Brick Brewing Co. Ltd.–makers of Canadian beer brands Laker, Formosa, Red Cap, Red Baron and Waterloo–has been sued by Anheuser-Busch Co.…
Proactive registrations can save money
According to a recent study by the domain management and brand protection company Corporation Service Company (CSC), more money is being spent on reclaiming domain names from third parties through the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution…
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…
Wal-mart claims trademark infringement by union website
A recent New York Times story reports that Wal-mart Canada has filed a complaint in Quebec Superior Court, seeking an injunction against a union website’s use of Wal-mart’s trade-marks. Wal-mart has apparently claimed that the…
Maple Melee Meets End?
There is an update available to an earlier story we blogged concerning an ongoing dispute between American Clothing Associates SA and the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM). We previously reported that a…