Trade-marks

• Author: John Eaton; Denis Le May
• Profession: Librarian & Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba/Avocat, Barreau du Québec, Conseiller à la documentation en droit (1975?2006) et Chargé de cours, Faculté de droit, Université Laval
• Pages: 101-101

TRADE-MARKS / MARQUES DE COMMERCE 101

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TRADE-MARKS

A subset of intellectual property, trade marks are symbols or sayings associated with a par-

ticular brand or service and are protected by the federal Trade-marks Act and the registration

of trade-marks with the Register of Trade-marks. There has been a substantial increase in

research activity in this topic with the advent of the internet and the possibilities it presents

for the infringement of copyright, and other issues related to domain names (such as cyber-

squatting). This is an entirely federal area of activity, but there is a substantial body of caselaw

associated with the subject. Related topics: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW.

MARQUES DE COMMERCE

Sous-ensemble de la propriété intellectuelle, le droit des marques de commerce couvre spéci-

f‌iquement les noms des produits et des entreprises qu’on veut protéger par la loi. Le droit des

AFFAIRES s’intéresse à ces notions analogues au droit d’AUTEUR.

Burshtein, Sheldon Domain Names and Intern et Trade-mark

Issues: Canadian Law and P ractice

Crswl (LL)

Hughes, Hon. Roger T., Toni

Ashton, and Neal Armstrong

Hughes on Trade Marks, 2d ed. LN/B (LL)

Richard, Hugues G., and

Laurent Carrière

Robic Leger Annot ated Trade-marks Act Crswl (LL)

Hughes, Hon. Roger T., and

Toni Polson A shton

“Trade-Marks, Passing Off and Unfair

Competit ion,” a vol. of Halsbur y’s Laws of

Canada, 1st ed.

LN/B 2007

Hughes, Justice Roger T. Trade-marks Act & Commentar y, 2006–

07 ed.

LN/B 2006

Canada Loi canadienne sur les marques de com-

merce annotée

Crswl 2000

Vaver, David “Trade-Marks,” chapter 4 in Intellectu al

Property L aw: Copyright, Patents , and

Trade-Marks

Irwin 1997