Intellectual Property · Canada and cross-border
A brand going to market in Canada and the United States
Both countries award the right to whoever files first. Using a name for years is not the same as owning it.
What the work involves
- Search the name in the relevant registers and advise on the risk of proceeding as planned.
- Set the registration strategy: which marks, which classes, which countries, in what order.
- Coordinate with the registered trademark agent who files, and review what goes in.
- Put the ownership in the company's name and record it, so a later financing does not find it sitting with a founder.
This describes the shape of a matter of this kind, not an individual client file. It is not legal advice, no outcome is implied, and how any particular matter runs depends on its own facts.
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