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Startup and video game law, from a Canadian and U.S. perspective
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Importance of Trademarks on Amazon’s Brand Registry
If you are an Amazon seller, it is highly recommended you obtain trademark protection for your brand and enrol in the Amazon Brand Registry. Amazon’s Brand Registry provides a variety of tools to monitor brand representation and prevent the sale of counterfeit goods on Amazon. in order to take advantage of the Amazon Brand Registry...
US Provisional Patents
Weekly, we receive phone calls from prospective clients inquiring about provisional patent applications. While provisional patent applications have a number of benefits, especially for cost-conscious startups and entrepreneurs, we too often encounter misconceptions concerning the protections that a provisional patent application provides. In this blog post we will cover what a provision patent application is,...
Importance of a Trademark Search
Our clients spend an immense amount of time building their business, from product development, to names and branding. In this whirlwind of creation, we often encounter businesses that forgot to see if their product or business name is available for trademark. This is a problem that also arises with third party creative agencies, who have...
Expedited Trademark Examinations in Canada
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) recently announced that it will be accepting requests for expedited examination of trademark applications along with other measures to speed up the trademark registration process in Canada. Before the recent announcements, CIPO took approximately 24-30 months to issue an examiner’s report (also called an office action). The new measures...