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Feb 28, 2019
Sebastien Lapointe, Holmested & Associés, Canada

Overhaul of the Canadian Trademark Registration System ...


Sebastien Lapointe, Holmested & Associés, CanadaCanada is currently in the process of effecting the biggest overhaul of its trademark legislation in more than fifty years. The 2019 will see Canada formally adopting the Madrid Protocol, the Singapore Treaty, as well as the Nice Agreement, and start applying a largely amended Trademarks Act (the “Act”). After some four years, these changes are finally being implemented by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”), all of which should culminate on June 17, 2019, when the new system will fully come into force read more