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Amendments to the Examination Manual

Entitlement - Confusing Marks

Publication Date: 2001-03-07

The Trade-marks Office has reviewed the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal in Unitel International Inc. v. Registrar of Trade-marks (unreported, A-83-99) and has concluded that no changes are required to the current practice with respect to paragraph 37(1)(c) and section 16 of the Trade-marks Act.

Please refer to section III.8 of the Trade-marks Examination Manual for the existing office practice relating to section 16 of the Trade-marks Act and the issue of co-pending applications.
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