Wednesday 11 March 2015

Expanding overseas? Make sure your brand is protected

From mid 2016, amendments to Canadian trade mark laws will make it more difficult for foreign trade mark owners to register to protect their brand. 

Registered trade marks are the most important tool that a business can have to protect its brand in Australia and worldwide. They give you the exclusive monopoly to use the brand in connection with your business’ goods and services and give you the right to prevent others from using similar or identical brands for similar or closely related goods and services. Trade marks can be registered in perpetuity provided they remain in use in the countries in which they are registered and if renewal fees are paid every ten years.