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New Trademark Laws For Québec – What You Need To Know

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

For example, whereas in the past, both unregistered and registered trademarks did not need to be translated into French, under Bill 96, only registered trademarks will be exempt from translation into French. Currently, it takes approximately two years for a trademark application to mature to registration in Canada.

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Protection of Nonfungible Tokens in Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

10 of 2021, dated May 21, 2021. registration requirements. Intellectual property rights are a key consideration when it comes to NFTs because they contain art, music, videos, pictures, and other creations. Provisions of intellectual property law will be applicable to NFTs. MOCI Regulation No.

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Trademark Modernization Act—What New and Upcoming Changes Could Mean for Your Trademarks

LexBlog IP

Among other things, the TMA created new procedures for challenging pending applications and registrations and updated several rules relating to the prosecution of trademark applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”).

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Use It or Lose It: How to Acquire and Protect your Trademarks

IPilogue

Madelaine Lynch is a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, enrolled in Professor David Vaver’s 2021-2022 Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program. Unregistered vs Registered Trademarks. To some extent trademarks can be protected without registration.

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WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

LexBlog IP

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation?” registered trademarks: Elohim—4. But that “provision only restricts registration of the mark.

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Make Your Mark On History: Connecting Tradenames To Landmark Events, People & Places

LexBlog IP

So watch the docket to see how this case plays out, and to see how it impacts the concept of the registration of historic figure trademarks. Additionally, issues can arise when one claims trademark rights connected to historic landmarks, as Justin Hughes discussed at length in the Wake Forest Law Review. .”)