Intellectual Property Archives

How Canadian Trade-Mark Owners Can Prepare for Major Changes Coming to the Trade-Marks Act

Posted on December 1, 2017March 20, 2018 by

A little over a year from now the most substantive changes to the Canadian Trademarks Act in over half a century will begin to take effect. Trisha Doré, a registered Trade-mark agent with Richards Buell Sutton who specializes in the preparation, filing and prosecution of trade-mark applications, recommends that Canadian trademark owners audit their portfolios…

New Cybele Negris Article: Brand and Trademark Protection Has Become Increasingly Complex in Today’s Digital World

Posted on June 4, 2013July 5, 2019 by

Webnames.ca Staff

Webnames.ca President and Co-Founder Cybele Negris’ new article “Brand and Trademark Protection Has Become Increasingly Complex in Today’s Digital World” is now available on the Business in Vancouver magazine. In this article, she talks about what business owners and executives need to know about protecting your brand and trademark with the launch of the new…

Webnames.ca Launches Trademark Clearinghouse Validation Process for Trademark Holders

Posted on March 27, 2013September 3, 2014 by

Webnames.ca Staff

On March 26, 2013, Webnames.ca implemented a Trademark Clearinghouse validation page for all Trademark holders. This is in anticipation of the release of new generic top level domains (gTLDs). What is the Trademark Clearinghouse? The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) is a database of trademarks established by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in…

New Cybele Negris Article: How to prevent your intellectual property from being hijacked

Posted on February 21, 2013July 5, 2019 by

Webnames.ca Staff

Webnames.ca President and Co-founder, Cybele Negris’ new article in Business In Vancouver is out, and she discusses ways to Prevent Your Intellectual Property from Being Hijacked. Having a domain name and a website are both essential to businesses today, and with that arises a potential liability to be aware of. Whether it be a past…

Typosquatting is Big Business – $497 Million/Year According to Recent Study

Posted on March 17, 2010August 25, 2014 by

Cybele Negris

Typosquatting is the practice of intentionally registering domain names that are misspellings of website addresses and profiting from it by trying to sell the name, or capitalizing on its traffic through Google ads and/or selling products/services not related to the original brand. Many large businesses protect their brands by registering possible misspellings of their trademarks…

Branding and Trademarks 101 – Understanding the Fundamentals

Posted on August 24, 2009October 9, 2015 by

Nick Caristinos

When starting a new business or launching a new product one must consider the registration, and use of trademarks, service marks, copyrights and patents as part of the process, yet there is often much confusion as to what one needs and how to use them correctly.* The International Trademark Association (INTA) [http://www.inta.org] is a not-for-profit…

Webnames.ca to Sponsor 83rd Annual IPIC General Meeting

Posted on August 21, 2009October 9, 2015 by

Julianna

Webnames.ca is pleased to announce our sponsorship of the 83rd annual meeting of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada’s (IPIC) taking place in St. John’s, NFL, from September 23-25, 2009. This is the second year Webnames.ca has sponsored the annual event, speaking at the 2008 event about .TEL rules and policies. Founded in 1926, (IPIC)…

Good News For Trademark Holders

Posted on July 14, 2009August 25, 2014 by

Garrett Saundry1 Comment

As most trandemark owners know, it can be costly to defensively register domains for all of your trademarks, especially considering the fact that for some types of businesses, pharmaceutical companies for example, this can mean hundreds of domains. With the imminent introduction of new TLD’s, ICANN is considering introducing a trademark database. It’s already quite costly if you’re…

Webnames.ca attends IPIC Annual General Meeting

Posted on October 14, 2008August 25, 2014 by

Webnames.ca Staff1 Comment

This week our CEO, Stephen Smith, is attending the IPIC (Intellectual Property Institute of Canada) 82nd annual general meeting in Toronto. The meeting runs for two days (October 16-17) and covers topics specific to Patents, Trademarks, Copyright and Industrial Designs. Steve will be attending various sessions, as well as meeting with and presenting to the…