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Canada: Courts can distinguish TM fraud from error

By Ronald D. Coleman, Esq.

Larry Munn: The Federal Court recently made clear that Canadian law does not recognize a rule equivalent to the U.S. doctrine of fraud on the trademark office, pursuant to which any material misstatement in the processing of a registration renders the entire resulting registration void. . . . While the U.S. doctrine appeared “initially attractive”, Canadian law [...]

Full post as published by Likelihood of Confusion on February 04, 2009 (boomark / email).