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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 (“CMA”) 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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  • Non-Traditional Trademarks: Recent Developments in Canadian Trademark Practice

    The iconic roar of the MGM Lion is poised to become Canada’s first registered sound trade-mark. The roar has been featured in MGM films since 1928, and has been the subject of a US trade-mark Registration since 1986.On March 1, 2012, the Federal Court of Canada set aside a refusal by th...

    28 May, 2012

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