Overviews
- Advertising Law Terms
- Advertising Law
- Advisory Opinions
- Bureau Enforcement
- CASL (Anti-spam Law)
- CASL Compliance
- CASL Compliance Errors
- CASL Compliance Tips
- CASL FAQs – I
- CASL FAQs – II
- CASL Law Terms – A-M
- CASL Law Terms – N-Z
- CASL Precedents
- Competition Act Amendments
- Competition Bureau Complaints
- Competition Law
- Competition Law Terms
- Complaints
- Compliance
- Contests
- Contests and CASL
- Contests and Quebec
- Contest Forms/Precedents – I
- Contest Forms/Precedents – II
- Contest Law FAQs
- Contest Law Terms – A-C
- Contest Law Terms – D-H
- Contest Law Terms – I-M
- Contest Law Terms – N-S
- Contest Law Terms – T-Z
- Contests and Social Media
- Contest Law Tips
- Deceptive Prize Notices
- Disclaimers
- Drip Pricing
- General Impression Test
- Green Claims
- Influencer/Co-Sponsor Agreements
- Influencer Marketing
- Internet Advertising
- Made in Canada Claims
- MAP Policies
- Market Studies
- Misleading Advertising
- Misleading Advertising FAQs
- OSP Claims/Sales
- Packaging and Labelling
- Performance Claims
- Price Claims
- Quotes
- Rebates
- Regulated Conduct Defence
- Reprisal Actions
- Scarcity Cues
- Testimonials and Endorsements
- Trip/Destination Contests
- Contact
- Terms of Use
Categories
Archives
Tag Archives: ip law
IP Law: A Primer on Canadian Trademark Law
WHAT ARE TRADEMARKS? A mark (words, names, symbols, devices, sounds, smells, trade dress) used to distinguish the goods and services of one business from similar goods and services of all other businesses. In Canada, it is possible to register the non-functional shape of a product … Read the rest of this entry »
Trade-marks: Guest Post: Major Changes Coming to Canadian Trademark Law
Guest post by John Simpson (Shift Law – reprinted with permission) Canada’s Trade-marks Act is about to undergo its most significant amendments since it was first enacted in 1953. Even the spelling of “trade-mark” will change (to “trademark”). Trademark practitioners and their clients should take … Read the rest of this entry »
A Few Regulatory, IP and Advertising Law Updates – Including Jury Award of $1 Billion in Apple/Samsung Patent Trial
A few regulatory, intellectual property and advertising law updates caught my eye today including: A flurry of media reports and notes relating to Apple’s $1 billion jury victory over Samsung in one of the largest patent fights in history (see e.g.: Check, Please: Experts Say Apple, … Read the rest of this entry »
