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Google set to change its trademark policy throughout Canada and most of Europe

  • Baker Botts LLP
  • -
  • Canada, European Union
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  • August 31 2010

On September 14, 2010, Google is set to change its controversial AdWords policy for Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and most of the rest of Europe

New generic top level domains: opportunities and risks for trade-mark owners

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • June 28 2011

On June 20, 2011 the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved a plan to increase the number of generic top-level domains (gTLD) from the current 22 (which includes .com, .net and .org) to possibly hundreds

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  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • April 1 2011

In TSA Stores, Inc. v. Heenan Blaikie LLP (2011 FC 273), the Federal Court found that use of a trade-mark on a website that provided descriptions and information on how to choose and care for various products constituted use of a mark in association with retail store services

Online trade-mark use

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
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  • Canada, United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 25 2011

A recent decision of a United Kingdom court considered whether the defendant's use of the plaintiff's trade-marks on the defendant's websites, allegedly operating from Florida, constituted "use" of the trade-marks in the United Kingdom

.yourbrand? Get ready for custom domain extensions

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • June 30 2011

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) recently voted in favour of accepting applications for new top-level domain (TLD) extensions beginning January 12, 2012

IP monitor - Tucows finds Ontario a greener pasture

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • August 19 2011

In Tucows.com Co. v Lojas Renner S.A. (2011) ONCA 548, August 8, 2011, the Court of Appeal for Ontario has held that a .com domain name owned by an Ontario Corporation is personal property in Ontario

Protecting trademarks from registration on the ".xxx" domain

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada, Global
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  • August 19 2011

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the international non-profit organization charged with creating policies for use of the internet, recently approved the internet domain “.xxx” for use specifically by the adult entertainment industry

Domain name is property in Ontario

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • August 25 2011

The Court of Appeal for Ontario has ruled that a domain name is personal property and a business asset located in Ontario

Understanding the new gTLD program, and what it means for your brand

  • Bereskin & Parr LLP
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  • Canada, Global
  • -
  • August 3 2011

After years of consultation, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved the next round of generic top-level domains (gTLDs), which are generic suffixes of domain names (e.g. .com, .net, and. org

The legal and practical guide to protecting your brand on the web and in social media

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • October 6 2011

A brand has to be linked with a business strategy

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