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Trademark & Copyright Enforcement: New Measures Target Counterfeit Goods
In pending legislation subtitled the Combating Counterfeit Products Act, Canada is proposing to introduce new border control measures that will allow IP owners to register their trade-marks with the Canadian Border Services Agency to be pro-actively monitored.
29 Aug, 2014
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Canada\'s Copyright \'notice and notice\' regime
The \"notice and notice\" regime will require ISP\'s to receive and deliver notices of alleged infringement to their account holders. Introduced in 2012, implementation of this regime was delayed to consider whether regulations were required. But now the regime is coming into force in January 2015.
20 Jun, 2014
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Industrial Designs: An often Overlooked but Versatile Monopoly
In this article, we will address an often overlooked form of intellectual property protection that is available to all types of businesses, namely, industrial designs. An industrial design can protect the ornamental appearance of many articles from chairs to air fresheners to screen displays for ...
2 Oct, 2013
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Trade-Marks: Prioritizing Applications for Registration
Almost all businesses have several trade-marks that deserve the protection provided by a trade-mark registration. However, a new business often has little income and many expenses so filing multiple trade-mark applications at the outset can be prohibitively expensive. In this issue, we will discu...
27 Aug, 2013
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Copyright Amendments Now in Force
On November 7, 2012, most provisions of the controversial Copyright Modernization Act (“CMAâ€) came into force. In this article, we briefly review some of the significant amendments implemented. Digital LocksThere are now broad prohibitions on tampering with or r...
4 Feb, 2013
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Narrowing the Sole Rights of Copyright Owners
The summer of 2012 was significant for developments in Canadian copyright law. First, the much debated amendments to the Copyright Act were finally passed and received Royal Assent on June 29, 2012. They will come into force on a day to be fixed by cabinet. Given that these amendments have not...
12 Sep, 2012
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