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Industry committee That's right. At the moment, there is a lot more policing involved at the examination stage, and that is being eliminated.
May 12th, 2014Committee meeting
Janet Fuhrer
Industry committee It could, if oppositions are launched. These are third-party oppositions. If a trademark owner has been using their mark for years and maybe, for whatever reason, they didn't get around to registering it, and someone else comes along and scoops it, if the owner is in time, the owner can oppose the registration.
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Janet Fuhrer
Industry committee Yes.
May 12th, 2014Committee meeting
Janet Fuhrer
Industry committee That's a good question. If use were maintained, I think we could live with the adoption. Let's put it this way. The treaties provide tools, and Madrid in particular, because what Madrid does is provide a mechanism for obtaining an international registration, but it's not really....
May 12th, 2014Committee meeting
Janet Fuhrer
Industry committee The U.S. in particular....
May 12th, 2014Committee meeting
Janet Fuhrer
Industry committee It's very similar to Canada. Once an application has been allowed, if it was based on intent to use there's a requirement to file a statement of use, and not only a statement of use but specimens. Also, as Mr. Eisen mentioned, between the fifth and sixth anniversaries of registration in the U.S., it's required to file an in-use declaration and specimens again.
May 12th, 2014Committee meeting
Janet Fuhrer
Industry committee Mr. Chair, honourable members, we thank you for the invitation to speak with you today. The Canadian Bar Association is a national association of 37,500 lawyers, notaries, law teachers, and students. Many of our members are in-house counsel who represent significant stakeholders in the intellectual property system.
May 12th, 2014Committee meeting
Janet Fuhrer