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Trademarks Act

Version of section 11.16 from 2017-09-21 to 2019-06-16:


Marginal note:Exception when authorized

  •  (1) Sections 11.14 and 11.15 and paragraphs 12(1)(g) to (h.1) do not prevent the adoption, use or registration as a trade-mark or otherwise, in connection with a business, of a protected geographical indication, or any translation of it in any language, with the consent of the responsible authority.

  • Marginal note:Exception for personal names

    (2) Sections 11.14 and 11.15 do not prevent a person from using, in the course of trade, the person’s name or the name of the person’s predecessor in title, except where the name is used in such a manner as to mislead the public.

  • Marginal note:Exception for comparative advertising

    (3) Sections 11.14 and 11.15 do not prevent a person from using a protected geographical indication, or any translation of it in any language, in comparative advertising.

  • Marginal note:Exception not applicable to labels or packaging

    (4) Subsection (3) does not apply to comparative advertising on labels or packaging.

  • 1994, c. 47, s. 192
  • 2014, c. 32, s. 56(F)
  • 2017, c. 6, s. 64

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