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Our friendly neighbors in the Great White North are implementing important changes in 2025 with respect to language requirements for trademarks and a new pilot project initiated by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) to issue cancellation proceedings against trademark registrations based upon non-use.
Canada’s Trademarks Opposition Board has announced a new pilot project according to which it will send non-use cancellation notices to a randomly selected sample of registered trademark owners. The stated purpose of the project is to help ensure that the Canadian trademark register “accurately reflects trademarks that are in use, and in association with the goods and services listed in the registration.”
情報源: Canadian Trademark Office Begins Government-initiated Non-use Cancellations | Knowledge | Fasken
日本産を模した包装デザインの外国産米が、海外で多く出回っていることが日本農業新聞の調べで分かった。カナダのスーパーでは、「お米」「こしひかり」「職人もうなる旬の味」など日本語表記を多用した商品を確認した。中身は米国産や中国産などで、高品質な日本産イメージに便乗する狙いがあるとみられる。本家となる日本産米の輸出拡大へ障壁となる。
情報源: カナダで〝まるで日本米〟横行 「あきたおとめ」や「こしひかり」も / 日本農業新聞
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Those familiar with filing and prosecuting trademark applications in Canada will know that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has among the world’s most stringent standards for assessing the specificity of goods and services claimed in such applications.To assist trademark counsel and brand owners in interpreting these standards, on September 18, 2024, CIPO released new Specificity Guidelines for the Goods and Services Manual (Specificity Guidelines).
カナダ IP Voicesはポッドキャストシリーズで、カナダのビジネスの成長と成功を支援するためのヒント、コツ、問題について話し合い、商標、特許、著作権、工業デザイン、企業秘密が実際にどのように機能するかについての全体像を探ります。CIV is a podcast series where we discuss tips, tricks and issues to help Canadian businesses grow and succeed, and explore the bigger picture of how trademarks, patents, copyrights, industrial designs and trade secrets work in real life.
カナダ IP Voicesはポッドキャストシリーズで、カナダのビジネスの成長と成功を支援するためのヒント、コツ、問題について話し合い、商標、特許、著作権、工業デザイン、企業秘密が実際にどのように機能するかについての全体像を探ります。CIV is a podcast series where we discuss tips, tricks and issues to help Canadian businesses grow and succeed, and explore the bigger picture of how trademarks, patents, copyrights, industrial designs and trade secrets work in real life.
