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Case summary: Beware of disadvantages of suing by way of application

  • 07 fĂ©vrier 2024
  • Hung Nguyen

IFIT sued Safe Sweat for trademark infringement in Federal Court by way of application. The relief sought by IFIT includes damages, or alternatively, an accounting of profits. The parties served their affidavit evidence.

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Federal Court grants default judgment to Burberry and Chanel

  • 01 novembre 2023
  • Hung Nguyen

Burberry Limited and Chanel Limited (“Plaintiffs”) brought an action in Federal Court against Juvilyn Ward and Kevin Ward (“Defendants”), for importing, offering for sale and selling counterfeit BURBERRY and CHANEL clothing and fashion accessories.

Propriété intellectuelle

Case Summary: Legal test for assessing use of a mark for services in Section 45 proceedings clarified

  • 24 fĂ©vrier 2023
  • Hung Nguyen

7299362 Canada owns a trademark registration for ALEXA TRANSLATIONS for consulting services in the field of corporate finance (“Corporate Finance Services”), web development services (“Web Development Services”), and software as a service (SAAS) provider in the field of language translation” (“SAAS Translation Services”), among others.

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Case Summary: Appeal of section 45 decision allowed because of new material evidence

  • 24 novembre 2022
  • Hung Nguyen

Randy River owns a trademark registration for “R2” for shirts and shorts, among others. Osler initiated a section 45 proceeding against this registration. Randy River did not file any evidence of use. As a result, the Registrar expunged the registration. Randy River appealed the Registrar’s decision to the Federal Court of Canada.

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Case summary: Trademark appeal allowed in part because of new material evidence

  • 16 aoĂ»t 2022
  • Hung Nguyen

Bunzl applied to register WORKHORSE in association with a variety of work and safety-related goods. WPS opposed Bunzl’s application based on a likelihood of confusion with its own WORKHORSE trademark, used and registered in association with parkas and jackets.

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Case Summary: Unreliable evidence resulted in invalidation of trademark registration

  • 03 mai 2022
  • Hung Nguyen

iSpring filed an application to register APEC WATER for water treatment devices on April 23, 2015. It claimed a date of first use in Canada since August 4, 2012. Its application was advertised on September 21, 2016 and registered on April 26, 2017. On November 21, 2019, Advanced applied to register its trademark APEC WATER and learned of iSpring’s registration.

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Case Summary: Leave to amend statement of opposition permitted during opposition hearing

  • 15 fĂ©vrier 2022
  • Hung Nguyen

ZNSI applied to register ZARA, based on use in Canada. Industria opposed based on its earlier filed application for ZARA HOME. Industria erroneously relied on section 16(3) of the old Trademarks Act, which applies to proposed use applications, instead of section 16(1), which applies to use based applications, as applicable in this case.

Propriété intellectuelle