Trademarks

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Learn

• Roadmap of the application process
• What is a trademark?
• Protect your brand
• How your application is processed
• Trademarks guide
• Introduction to the database
• International Trademarks under the Madrid Protocol

Apply

• Prepare your application
• Apply for/amend a trademark
• Geographical indication
• Pay the reg. fee/print certificates
• Transfer ownership

Online services

• List of agents
• Apply for/amend a trademark
• Renew a trademark
• Forms
• Opposition

Resources

• Fees
• TM Journal
• Practice notices
• TM Examination Manual
• Madrid Examination and Procedures Manual
• Practical Guide — Madrid eFiling

Featured

News

• Significant trademark regime reforms and three key trademark treaties enter into force in Canada June 17, 2019

Activities and initiatives

• Modernized Canadian Trademarks Regime — An Overview
• Resources for trademarks legislative changes
• Updates to the trademarks online tools
• Save time, file online! Trademarks electronic filing
• Combatting counterfeit products (intellectual property rights)

More information

Trademarks database

• Basic search
• Advanced search
• List of geographical indications
• Trademarks Opposition Board Decisions – Decisia
• Trademarks database tutorial
• Bulk data

Goods and Services Manual

• Search for goods and services
• User guide - The Goods and Services Manual

Trademarks Opposition Board

• Functions and other information
• Upcoming hearings
• Common List of Authorities for Hearings
• Proof of use study conducted by the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office)
• Trademarks Opposition Board (TMOB) decisions
• Trademarks Opposition Board e-services

Trademarks legislation

• Trademarks Act
• Trademarks Regulations
• Olympic and Paralympic Marks Act
• Olympic and Paralympic Marks Regulations