There is a long history of fast food copycat restaurants, but the only ones that last are in countries
where trademark protection is hard to enforce.
Not exact matches
The First to Conceive Wins 34 The One - Year Rule 35 Your Idea Notebook 35 Disclosure Document Program 36 Types of Patents 37 Costs of Patents 39 Provisional Patents 40 Preliminary Patent Search 41
Where to Find Patent Attorneys 42 International Patents 42
Trademark Protection 43 Copyright
Protection 45
While the extent of
protection is typically limited to the region
where the
trademark is used, an unregistered
trademark (communicated by the symbol TM in superscript, though this is not required) is still protected against infringement and dilution under common law.
As we mentioned on Slaw a few months ago, Canada is in the process of negotiating a «Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement» (CETA) with Europe, and one of the expected points of difficulty is the European use of PGIs, a system not used within Canada,
where trademark law is the typical source of
protection for product names.
She also worked in the
trademark licensing business for a large corporate
trademark licensing company
where her work included licensing, agreement compliance,
trademark enforcement, including U.S. Customs / border goods importation matters, and matters related to brand
protection in advertising and marketing.
a registered
trademark provides
protection across Canada, no matter
where your corporation is registered;
Before joining Arent Fox in 2004, Ricardo was a partner in a major law firm in the city of Caracas, Venezuela
where he represented various pharmaceutical, food, and entertainment companies doing business in Venezuela and South America in areas including foreign investment requirements and compliance, regulatory compliance with focus on food and pharmaceuticals, and intellectual property — namely
trademark protection and litigation, data access, and privacy and patent litigation (mostly design patent).
The scope of the statutory privilege would apply in cases
where the
trademark agent is seeking to advise on «any matter» in respect of «the
protection of a trade - mark, geographical indication or mark referred to in paragraph 9 (1)(e), (i), (i. 1), (i. 3), (n) or (n. 1)».