{"id":10558,"date":"2019-06-25T14:07:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T14:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olartemoure.com\/?p=10558"},"modified":"2019-06-25T14:07:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T14:07:45","slug":"top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada: Top 10 changes in new Trademark Law by which Canada adheres to Madrid Protocol"},"content":{"rendered":"

After five years of high expectations,\u00a0radical amendments to Canadian trademark law finally became effective<\/a>\u00a017 June 2019. The following are the main changes to the law:<\/p>\n

1. Applications under the Madrid Protocol will be available in 80 countries.
\n2. Increase in filing and renewal fees.
\n3. Declarations of use will no longer be necessary to ensure the registration of a trademark<\/a>.
\n4. A declaration of use will no longer be required when submitting registration requests.
\n5. Nice classification will become mandatory for the submission of an application.
\n6. The terms of registration and renewal will be shortened; 15 down to 10 years.
\n7. “Non-traditional” brands such as odor marks, flavor marks and color marks may be registered.
\n8. The division of the initial application may be requested in two or more fractional applications.
\n9. Third-party oppositions may be filed when there is a risk of confusion and when a descriptive trademark<\/a> is filed.
\n10. Requesting a cancellation action for non-use against a part of goods or services listed in a trademark registration may be possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After five years of high expectations,\u00a0radical amendments to Canadian trademark law finally became effective\u00a017 June 2019. The following are the main changes to the law: 1. Applications under the Madrid Protocol will be available in 80 countries. 2. Increase in filing and renewal fees. 3. Declarations of use will no longer be necessary to ensure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trademarks-2","category-newsletter-en"],"yoast_head":"\nTop 10 changes in new Trademark Law | OlarteMoure<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After five years of high expectations, radical amendments to Canadian trademark law finally became effective 17 June 2019.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Canada: Top 10 changes in new Trademark Law by which Canada adheres to Madrid Protocol\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After five years of high expectations, radical amendments to Canadian trademark law finally became effective 17 June 2019. The following are the main changes to the law: 1. Applications under the Madrid Protocol will be available in 80 countries. 2. Increase in filing and renewal fees. 3. Declarations of use will no longer be necessary to ensure the registration of a trademark. 4. A declaration of use will no longer be required when submitting registration requests. 5. Nice classification will become mandatory for the submission of an application. 6. The terms of registration and renewal will be shortened; 15 down to 10 years. 7. "Non-traditional" brands such as odor marks, flavor marks and color marks may be registered. 8. The division of the initial application may be requested in two or more fractional applications. 9. Third-party oppositions may be filed when there is a risk of confusion and when a descriptive trademark is filed. 10. Requesting a cancellation action for non-use against a part of goods or services listed in a trademark registration may be possible.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-06-25T14:07:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/190619-Imagenes-OMWD-semana-17-21_Noticia-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Diego Bernal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Canada: Top 10 changes in new Trademark Law by which Canada adheres to Madrid Protocol\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"After five years of high expectations, radical amendments to Canadian trademark law finally became effective 17 June 2019. The following are the main changes to the law: 1. Applications under the Madrid Protocol will be available in 80 countries. 2. Increase in filing and renewal fees. 3. Declarations of use will no longer be necessary to ensure the registration of a trademark. 4. A declaration of use will no longer be required when submitting registration requests. 5. Nice classification will become mandatory for the submission of an application. 6. The terms of registration and renewal will be shortened; 15 down to 10 years. 7. "Non-traditional" brands such as odor marks, flavor marks and color marks may be registered. 8. The division of the initial application may be requested in two or more fractional applications. 9. Third-party oppositions may be filed when there is a risk of confusion and when a descriptive trademark is filed. 10. Requesting a cancellation action for non-use against a part of goods or services listed in a trademark registration may be possible.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Diego Bernal\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/en\\\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/en\\\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Diego Bernal\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b66ca4b152a396f32fd6e5c48395ce14\"},\"headline\":\"Canada: Top 10 changes in new Trademark Law by which Canada adheres to Madrid Protocol\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-25T14:07:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/en\\\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":175,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/en\\\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/190619-Imagenes-OMWD-semana-17-21_Noticia-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Trademarks\",\"Newsletter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/en\\\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/en\\\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\\\/\",\"name\":\"Top 10 changes in new Trademark Law | OlarteMoure\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/en\\\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/en\\\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/190619-Imagenes-OMWD-semana-17-21_Noticia-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-25T14:07:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b66ca4b152a396f32fd6e5c48395ce14\"},\"description\":\"After five years of high expectations, radical amendments to Canadian trademark law finally became effective 17 June 2019.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/en\\\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/en\\\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/en\\\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/190619-Imagenes-OMWD-semana-17-21_Noticia-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/190619-Imagenes-OMWD-semana-17-21_Noticia-1.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":350,\"caption\":\"L\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/en\\\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Canada: Top 10 changes in new Trademark Law by which Canada adheres to Madrid Protocol\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property\",\"description\":\"Firma especializada en Propiedad Intelectual\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b66ca4b152a396f32fd6e5c48395ce14\",\"name\":\"Diego Bernal\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/98e19bbd1dde17a81a7a8ac596fcdab15de47e6ad6983172a99e27f2b531058b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/98e19bbd1dde17a81a7a8ac596fcdab15de47e6ad6983172a99e27f2b531058b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/98e19bbd1dde17a81a7a8ac596fcdab15de47e6ad6983172a99e27f2b531058b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Diego Bernal\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/olartemoure.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/dsb\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Top 10 changes in new Trademark Law | OlarteMoure","description":"After five years of high expectations, radical amendments to Canadian trademark law finally became effective 17 June 2019.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Canada: Top 10 changes in new Trademark Law by which Canada adheres to Madrid Protocol","og_description":"After five years of high expectations, radical amendments to Canadian trademark law finally became effective 17 June 2019. The following are the main changes to the law: 1. Applications under the Madrid Protocol will be available in 80 countries. 2. Increase in filing and renewal fees. 3. Declarations of use will no longer be necessary to ensure the registration of a trademark. 4. A declaration of use will no longer be required when submitting registration requests. 5. Nice classification will become mandatory for the submission of an application. 6. The terms of registration and renewal will be shortened; 15 down to 10 years. 7. \"Non-traditional\" brands such as odor marks, flavor marks and color marks may be registered. 8. The division of the initial application may be requested in two or more fractional applications. 9. Third-party oppositions may be filed when there is a risk of confusion and when a descriptive trademark is filed. 10. Requesting a cancellation action for non-use against a part of goods or services listed in a trademark registration may be possible.","og_url":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\/","og_site_name":"OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property","article_published_time":"2019-06-25T14:07:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":350,"url":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/190619-Imagenes-OMWD-semana-17-21_Noticia-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Diego Bernal","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Canada: Top 10 changes in new Trademark Law by which Canada adheres to Madrid Protocol","twitter_description":"After five years of high expectations, radical amendments to Canadian trademark law finally became effective 17 June 2019. The following are the main changes to the law: 1. Applications under the Madrid Protocol will be available in 80 countries. 2. Increase in filing and renewal fees. 3. Declarations of use will no longer be necessary to ensure the registration of a trademark. 4. A declaration of use will no longer be required when submitting registration requests. 5. Nice classification will become mandatory for the submission of an application. 6. The terms of registration and renewal will be shortened; 15 down to 10 years. 7. \"Non-traditional\" brands such as odor marks, flavor marks and color marks may be registered. 8. The division of the initial application may be requested in two or more fractional applications. 9. Third-party oppositions may be filed when there is a risk of confusion and when a descriptive trademark is filed. 10. Requesting a cancellation action for non-use against a part of goods or services listed in a trademark registration may be possible.","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Diego Bernal","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\/"},"author":{"name":"Diego Bernal","@id":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b66ca4b152a396f32fd6e5c48395ce14"},"headline":"Canada: Top 10 changes in new Trademark Law by which Canada adheres to Madrid Protocol","datePublished":"2019-06-25T14:07:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\/"},"wordCount":175,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/190619-Imagenes-OMWD-semana-17-21_Noticia-1.jpg","articleSection":["Trademarks","Newsletter"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\/","url":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\/","name":"Top 10 changes in new Trademark Law | OlarteMoure","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/190619-Imagenes-OMWD-semana-17-21_Noticia-1.jpg","datePublished":"2019-06-25T14:07:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b66ca4b152a396f32fd6e5c48395ce14"},"description":"After five years of high expectations, radical amendments to Canadian trademark law finally became effective 17 June 2019.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/190619-Imagenes-OMWD-semana-17-21_Noticia-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/190619-Imagenes-OMWD-semana-17-21_Noticia-1.jpg","width":800,"height":350,"caption":"L"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/top-10-changes-in-new-trademark-law-olartemoure\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Canada: Top 10 changes in new Trademark Law by which Canada adheres to Madrid Protocol"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/","name":"OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property","description":"Firma especializada en Propiedad Intelectual","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b66ca4b152a396f32fd6e5c48395ce14","name":"Diego Bernal","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/98e19bbd1dde17a81a7a8ac596fcdab15de47e6ad6983172a99e27f2b531058b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/98e19bbd1dde17a81a7a8ac596fcdab15de47e6ad6983172a99e27f2b531058b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/98e19bbd1dde17a81a7a8ac596fcdab15de47e6ad6983172a99e27f2b531058b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Diego Bernal"},"url":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/author\/dsb\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}