Jeffrey Vicq and Athar Malik speak in Portland
At a recent roundtable meeting of the International Trademark Association in Portland, Jeffrey Vicq and Athar Malik spoke to local attorneys about pending changes to ... Continued
Did you notice? When a notice is not a notice under the Notice and Notice regime.
Introduction – the monkey in the middle The Notice and Notice regime under the Canadian Copyright Act is a made-in-Canada solution to a particular problem, ... Continued
Fall Surprise: Parliament Tables New Trade-mark Amendments
More amendments tabled to the Trade-Marks Act before the previous amendments, tabled four years ago, have even been implemented. On October 29, 2018, Parliament tabled ... Continued
Delays Nourish Desires: Canada’s New Trademark Laws Come Into Force June 17, 2019
Earlier today, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office announced that long-anticipated amendments to Canada’s trademark laws will come into force on June 17, 2019. It also ... Continued
Trademarks… Prohibited Marks… Official Marks? What? Which? Why?
Hi, I’m David. I’m a trademark lawyer, avid kite-surfer and generally regarded as a great guy (Ed.: unverified opinion, but we’re letting it go). That’s ... Continued
Money Service Businesses: Cryptocurrency Dealers Beware
The proliferation of various cryptocurrencies (such as Bitcoin and Ethereum) has led to an influx of business ventures engaged in their purchase and sale. While ... Continued
Neil Melliship and Jeffrey Vicq speak in San Francisco
At a recent roundtable meeting of the International Trademark Association in San Francisco, Neil Melliship and Jeffrey Vicq spoke to local attorneys about pending changes ... Continued
Supreme Court of Canada: Internet Service Providers (ISPs) Entitled to Reasonable Costs for Production of User Info in a Copyright Infringement Action
The Copyright Act’s notice and notice regime puts internet service providers in the role of “monkey in the middle”. An ISP provides network access to ... Continued
No Hotel in Canada? No Problem – Trademark Owner Maintains Trademark Registration With Hotel Services
The Federal Court of Canada (the “Court”) recently released its decision in Hilton Worldwide Holdings LLP v Miller Thomson, 2018 FC 895. In the decision underlying this ... Continued
Are Injunctions Now Easier to Obtain in Canada?
Since the mid-1990s, brand owners in Canada have considered that their chances of obtaining interlocutory injunctions for trademark infringement at the Federal Court of Canada ... Continued
Best Lawyers in Canada 2019
Congratulations to our 21 CW lawyers on being peer-selected for the 13th edition of Best Lawyers in Canada 2019: Aaron Singer, Alex Petrenko, Amy Mortimore, Bernard Pinsky, Q.C., Brent Meckling, Chris Ramsay, Darren Donnelly, David ... Continued
Canadian Copyright Law Updates
This article reviews material developments in Canadian legislation, case law, and practice in the area of copyright in 2017. All references in this article to ... Continued