Organisation: Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Applications will be assessed against a pre-approved list of goods and services, and applicants will be receiving pre-assessment letters informing them of the automated analysis results.

30 May 2022

The Canadian registries have introduced a number of changes in an effort to reduce the current backlog of trademark and patent applications. Dickinson Wright’s Sanjukta Tole and Yuri Chumak assess the new measures and how they will affect IP owners.

18 April 2022

Featured in Trademark register tracker

The latest WTR register tracker examines filing trends in the United States, Canada, the EUIPO, the United Kingdom, France and Germany between September and December 2021.

16 February 2022

Cannabis-related filings have almost halved since their peak three years ago, but the Canadian market could be on the verge of new opportunity.

18 January 2022

Canadian trademark filings are on the up, but the IP office and local agents have their work cut out for them.

12 January 2022

Everything we covered on WTR over the past seven days – and all you need to know from the world of trademarks to set yourself up for the start of another busy week.

19 December 2021

Featured in WTR investigation exclusives

December 2021: A full timeline on the activities of millionaire Michael Gleissner, from revealing his thousands of trademark applications to the legal challenges that followed.

09 December 2021

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has continued its efforts to improve examination processing times and introduced options for trademark owners to expedite examination.

12 October 2021

Everything we covered on WTR over the past seven days – and all you need to know from the world of trademarks to set yourself up for the start of another busy week.

12 September 2021

There are big differences in how cannabis trademarks are treated in the United States and Canada. Shabnam Malek of Brand & Branch in California and Graham Hood of Smart & Biggar LLP in Ontario pull together key recommendations for developing a brand that is robust across both jurisdictions.

26 August 2021