A judgment rendered on May 21 by the Superior Court of Québec re-establishes the importance and mandatory nature of the written notice required under section 585 of the Cities and Towns Act […]
By Josée Tourangeau The Nice Classification to group products and services into categories, which has been used by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) since 2015 but was not a […]
In a recent decision, the Supreme Court of Canada (2018 SCC 17) examined the discriminatory nature of certain provisions of the Pay Equity Act (hereinafter the “Act”) and, more specifically, the pay equity auditing […]
By Josée Tourangeau Removal of the requirement to state the current or projected use when filing an application Currently, when filing an application to register a trade-mark, the applicant must […]
The subject of extensive media coverage, the Cannabis Regulation Act (CQLR, C-5.3, hereinafter the “Act”) allows residential building owners to modify the conditions of their leases by adding a prohibition against smoking […]
By Josée Tourangeau A trademark enables consumers to associate products and services with a single source. The most common types of trademarks are essentially made up of words, design marks […]
On January 15, 2019, the Honourable Danielle Turcotte rendered a decision in Ville de Saint-Sauveur v. Bibeau (2019 QCCS 44), an action to demolish a luxury home built without a permit on the territory […]
In recent weeks, the Act to facilitate the disclosure of wrongdoings relating to public bodies (the “Act”), which came into effect on May 1, 2017, has been in the headlines following the […]
In an era in which digital and social media reign supreme and unfair competition is rampant, the success of a business is critically dependent on the brand image it projects. […]
On June 13, 2018, the National Assembly of Québec passed and assented the Act mainly to improve the regulation of the financial sector, the protection of deposits of money and the […]