What is a Trademark?
From November 16th to the 22nd, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) celebrated innovators during Global Entrepreneurship Week. As part of this celebration, CIPO put out a video which...
View ArticleCopyright Infringement and The Big Bang Theory
“Soft kitty warm kitty little ball of fur” – to fans of the hit television show The Big Bang Theory, this is the famous song that Sheldon Cooper requests be sung to him when he is sick. The show’s...
View ArticleWorld Intellectual Property Day 2016
April 26th is World IP Day and this year’s theme is Digital Creativity: Culture Reimagined. The World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) explains, Every April 26, we celebrate World...
View ArticleOpposing a Trademark Registration Application: Every Step has its Time and Place
There are numerous stages to the trademark application process. When applying to have a trademark registered, after a trademark examiner has reviewed the application and all of his or her concerns...
View ArticleDrafting Legal Documents and the Importance of Words
This week while attending the 2016 Tax Law for Lawyers Conference hosted by the Canadian Bar Association, during a presentation on statutory interpretation by Brian Arnold of the Canadian Tax...
View ArticleThe Potential Canada Post Strike and Correspondence with CIPO
One method by which certain documents may be filed with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) is by mail. Given the possibility of a Canada Post strike, CIPO has published the following...
View ArticleSo You Want to be a “YouTuber”?
With 1.9 billion users worldwide and up to 500 hours of video uploaded every minute, YouTube is the top destination for video consumption on the web. YouTube videos can also be immensely lucrative,...
View ArticleDoes CIPO stack up against the USPTO for International Trademark registrations?
When thinking about registering a trademark, the two things everyone asks are how much (does it cost?) and how long (will it take)? If you are selling products or services only in Canada you have no...
View ArticleBricks and mortar store not necessary for trademark protection
In a COVID-19 marketplace, Canadian based online retailers and high-end stores based outside of Canada could reap the rewards of an American dollar store’s trademark victory at the Federal Court. The...
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The battle of the palms: How Mills & Mills LLP helped the El Mocambo register...
Since the 1940s, the El Mocambo, a storied Toronto music venue that has hosted the likes of the Ramones, Blondie, that up-and-coming Irish band U2, and even the Rolling Stones, has managed to persist...
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