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CGPDTM Announces Dates for 2025 Trademark and Patent Agent Exams

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Image by storyset on Freepik The office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM) on July 2, has notified the 2025 Patent and Trademarks Agent Exams. The Trademark Agent Exam is likely to be held on January 04, 2025 and the Patent Agent Exam is likely to be held on January 5, 2025.

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Changes in Madrid Protocol

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

The Madrid Protocol is a well-known international trademark registration and protection system for efficient and easy trademark filing and management. However, certain changes to the Madrid Protocol starting November 1, 2023, will come into effect. This shall come into force from November 1 , 2024.

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Friday Fantasies

The IPKat

Panellist details and registration here. Nice Classification The twelfth edition of the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (“Nice Classification”) will enter into force on 1 January 2024. The event is taking place at 5pm on Monday 11 December 2013.

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Erik K Pelton - Untitled Article

Erik K Pelton

Pelton & Associates, PLLC Regarding “Setting and Adjusting Trademark Fees During Fiscal Year 2025” The following are the comments of Erik M. trademark registrations and have been involved in dozens of disputes before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”). trademark registrations. PTO–T–2022–0034 Comments of Erik M.

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Charter of the French Language

LexBlog IP

Amendments to the Charter are expected to come into force on June 1, 2025. As of June 1, 2025, unless a trademark appearing on a product, on a storefront or in commercial advertising is registered in Canada, a French version of that mark will have to appear. Fines for second offences are doubled and thereafter tripled.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 1-July 7)

SpicyIP

CGPDTM Announces Dates for 2025 Trademark and Patent Agent Exams Dates for Trademark and Patent Agent Exams 2025 have been announced by the CGPDTM. The Trademark Agent Exam is likely to be held on January 04, 2025 and the Patent Agent Exam is likely to be held on January 5, 2025.

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Recommended Reading: Fromer and McKenna, "Amazon's Quiet Overhaul of the Trademark System"

The TTABlog

Amazon's Quiet Overhaul of the Trademark System" (June 19, 2024), California Law Review , Volume 113, forthcoming 2025. Amazon's Brand Registry serves as a shadow trademark system that dramatically affects businesses' incentives to seek legal registration of their marks. Fromer, Jeanne C. and McKenna, Mark P.,