Canada-Hong Kong Tax Treaty
Canada-Hong Kong Tax Treaty
Facebook IP, the Basics
Every few months, I notice that a new wave of user posted notifications appear on various social networks. These notices primarily appear on FaceBook, and generally attempt to unilaterally limit the sites right to utilize user posted material…
Proposed gTLD’s Released Today
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) has today revealed a list of all the new generic Top-Level Domain names that have been applied for. Currently there are only 22 gTLDs, (e.g. .com, .net, .org), but…
Trade-mark a Sound?
Due to a recent court decision from the Federal Court of Canada, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (the “CIPO”) is now accepting applications for trade-marks that consist of a sound. This in response to a trade-mark application filed…
Sir Richard Branson and an Embarrassing Domain Name
A recent decision from the National Arbitration Forum demonstrates how Sir Richard Branson was caught out and embarrassed when a new Sponsored Top Level Domain (“sTLD”) was registered along with his name. sTLD’s are a select domains that…
The Importance of using your Registered Trademark in Canada
What happens when you register a Trademark and then never use it? Sometimes this may result in your registered trademark being expunged from the register of trademarks. This is the situation TSA Stores, Inc., the second largest sporting…
Estate of James Brown and jamesbrown.com
Estate of James Brown v. LAC Music – Jack Bart c/o Gregory J. Chamberlain and jamesbrown.com A recent decision[1] rendered by the National Arbitration Forum in accordance with ICANN’s Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the “Policy”), highlights…
Domain Name Disputes and The Importance of Registered Trademarks
What do you do when you find that someone has obtained the same domain name as you and is using it to compete or drive customers away from your website? In this situation, the results or outcome of…
US: Provisional Patent Applications
Although the legislation establishing the provisional patent application (US), has been around since the Clinton Administration (e.g. 1994), the benefits of the procedure are not always well understood. The provisional patent application process enables inventors to have the…
Trademark Clearinghouse is Open
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) has opened a new Trademark Clearinghouse as part of its gTLD program (N.B. see here for our prior posting on gTLD’s). With this service Trademark holders can register their…