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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. There were several notable trademark cases in Canada in 2020, including those addressing comparative advertising, depreciation of goodwill, brand parody, trademark use in the absence of a brick-and-mortar location, and potential claims by exclusive distributors against importers of grey market goods. Additionally, major developments involve the Trademark Offices issue of new limits on extensi...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Canadian courts provided important guidance on some key trademark issues in 2020. A number of these notable decisions are discussed below. A Registration is a Trump Card The Federal Court of Appeal in  In 2017, the Federal Court of Appeal held Travelway liable for passing off even though it was using its own registered marks, and referred the matter back to the trial court to determine if th...