In my previous posting I noted that there is case law which holds that a lack of a disclaimer is not a proper ground for an Opposition and that, therefore, the recent Practice Notice (which states that the Canadian Trade-mark Office will no longer require disclaimers) is probably not going to result in increased oppositions; […]
In a previous posting I noted that the Canadian Trade-marks Office recently published a Practice Notice stating that the Registrar of Trade-marks will no longer require an applicant for registration of a trade-mark to enter disclaimers for those portions of the trade-mark that are not independently registrable.
I still don’t know what prompted this Practice Notice […]
I'm a Canadian Intellectual Property Lawyer. I'm also a registered Patent Agent and Trade-mark Agent.
I practice with the firm of Warren Sinclair LLP in downtown Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.
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