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Trademark Basics: How to Submit a Trademark

Submitting a trademark is a way to protect your intellectual property. Learn how to submit a trademark properly, how it ...
JD Supra

Trademark troll loses registration after appropriating well-known mark

The Federal Court of Canada, in a May 2022 decision, 1 has ordered a B.C. man’s trademark registration to be expunged for “bad faith” after finding it was filed solely for the purpose of resale. This ...
Reason

Justices Agree on Constitutionality of Trademark Restriction, Disagree on How to Approach Such Questions

Today's decision in Vidal v. Elster unanimously upheld a federal trademark law provision that bars federal registration of any trademark that "[c]onsists of or comprises a name … identifying a ...
JD Supra

Prove It or Lose It: How USPTO’s Audit Program Inspired Canada’s Trademark Oversight

If you own a U.S. trademark registration, you have likely encountered (or will encounter) an audit by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The audit program, launched by the USPTO in November ...
BusinessMirror

Protection of trademarks in the Philippines

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) received 44,216 filings and granted 31,869 registrations in 2024 for trademarks. The data was presented by the Intellectual Property Association of the ...