Lawyers & Trademark Agents

Trademarks & Intellectual Property Law

Carrying on the trademark practice of Jack Smugler.

  • Summer Student

    BLAZE IP is happy to welcome Noemi Jakab as its first summer student.

    4 May, 2026

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  • Trademarks

    ORNAMENTAL MARKINGS AS TRADEMARKS IN CANADA

    You've adopted a unique pattern of shapes or colours applied to your products and file a trademark application seeking its registration. After your application is approved by the examiner, it is opposed by a third party on the ground that the mark is "merely ornamental". When is a mark "mere ornamentation" rather than a trademark?

    17 Apr, 2026

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  • Trademarks

    Leave to File New Evidence on Appeal from Opposition Board: The Test

    On April 1, 2025, several amendments to Canada’s Trademarks Act (the “Act”) came into force that have significantly impacted practice before the Opposition Board. One of the most notable is a new requirement to seek leave to file new evidence in any appeal of a Board decision to the Federal Court. We now have some guidance from the court respecting the relevant legal test.

    20 Mar, 2026

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