New protections in Canada

Consultations with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office are continuing as the changes to the Trade-mark Regulations and Trade-marks Act are finalised. Stay tuned for more information on this issue as details emerge; we will report on them in the future. However, there continue to be other notable developments—both on the legislative front—as the Canadian government carries on with its efforts to modernise other areas of our IP laws and our jurisprudence. Here are two of the more interesting developments from the past few months.