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How To Promote Your Business for World Cup Without Getting In Trouble

Understanding FIFA's Intellectual Property Rights Defining Official Intellectual Property and Prohibited Uses When planning any promotional activities around the FIFA World Cup in Canada, it's really important to get a handle on what exactly belongs to FIFA. They have a whole collection of brand assets that they protect. This includes things like official logos, specific...

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Section 45 Trademark Proceedings Canada

The Purpose of Section 45 Proceedings Section 45 of the Trademarks Act provides a mechanism for cleaning up the Register of Trademarks. Essentially, it allows for the removal of or invalidation of trademark registrations that are no longer in use in Canada. This is important because it prevents trademarks from remaining on the register indefinitely...

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How To Conduct a Trademark Search in Canada

Ensuring Legal Compliance And Avoiding Infringement Before you get too far down the road with a new brand name or logo, it's really important to check if someone else is already using something similar. In Canada, if your proposed trademark is too close to an existing one, you could end up in a legal mess....

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