The Conference Committee is excited to be putting the finishing touches on the planning for this year’s Annual Conference, being held from September 25-27 in beautiful St. John’s Newfoundland, one of the oldest and most easterly cities in North America.    

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has launched a pilot program to explore the effectiveness of instituting expedited cancellation proceedings at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) for challenges to registrations based on abandonment or non-use

Like Canada, Mexico is introducing some significant substantive and procedural changes to its trademark law. The changes are to align its practice with that of its foreign commercial partners and are expected to come into force 60 working days from the May 18, 2018 publication in the Mexican Federal Gazette.