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Intellectual property 2026 FC 594

GRC Food Services Ltd. v. Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG

The Federal Court rejected Lindt’s remaining opposition grounds and ordered registration of MASTER CHOCOLAT, finding no material new evidence and no proven use or reputation of MAÎTRE CHOCOLATIER per se.

  • Distinctiveness
  • Confusion
  • Use and reputation
  • Standard of review
  • New evidence/materiality
  • Procedural fairness
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Trademark law 2026 FC 495

Federation of Asian Canadians Toronto v. Asialicious Holdings Inc.

FACT succeeded in part on passing off over ASIALICIOUS. The Court found FACT had prior goodwill, rejected the defendants’ prior-use claim, and granted a narrow injunction and nominal damages.

  • Goodwill
  • Distinctiveness
  • Contemporaneous use
  • Misrepresentation
  • Likelihood of confusion
  • Remedies
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Intellectual property 2026 FC 114

996660 Ontario Ltd. v. Falesca Importing Ltd.

The Federal Court dismissed an appeal from the Trademarks Opposition Board and upheld refusal of the FALESCA MOLISANA trademark application.

  • Likelihood of confusion
  • Distinctiveness
  • Geographic descriptors and demonyms
  • State of the marketplace evidence
  • Standard of review
  • Trademarks
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Intellectual property 2025 FC 1864

fxswede AB v. Xu

The Federal Court expunged registration no. TMA1,174,533 for TRESS WELLNESS, finding bad faith and non-distinctiveness, but not non-entitlement.

  • Expungement
  • Bad faith
  • Distinctiveness
  • Entitlement to registration
  • Service of originating documents
  • Costs
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Intellectual property 2025 FC 1688

Yat Sun Food Products Ltd. v. Griffith Foods International Inc.

The Federal Court allowed Yat Sun’s trademark appeal, set aside the TMOB decision, and refused Griffith’s CHEF’S OWN application after finding confusion likely.

  • Likelihood of confusion
  • Registrability
  • Entitlement to registration
  • Distinctiveness
  • Admissibility of expert evidence
  • Standard of review
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Intellectual property 2025 FC 1430

G6 Hospitality IP LLC v. Sandals Resorts International 2000 Inc.

The Federal Court dismissed G6 Hospitality’s appeal from a TMOB opposition decision, finding no reviewable error in the likelihood-of-confusion analysis for Sandals’ trademark application.

  • Likelihood of confusion
  • Degree of resemblance
  • Trademark family
  • Distinctiveness
  • Standard of review
  • Likelihood-of-confusion
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Intellectual property 2025 FC 1176

University of British Columbia v. Sage Dining Services Inc.

Federal Court appeal dismissed in a trademark opposition dispute between UBC and Sage Dining. The Court upheld findings on confusion, distinctiveness, and new evidence.

  • Likelihood of confusion
  • Distinctiveness
  • Trademark opposition
  • Standard of review
  • Admissibility and materiality of new evidence
  • Evidentiary burden
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Intellectual property 2025 FC 1114

2718971 Ontario Inc. v. Kinde Company Ltd.

The Federal Court dismissed appeals from two TMOB decisions, holding the new evidence was not material and the Board made no reviewable error on distinctiveness or confusion.

  • Distinctiveness
  • Trademark confusion
  • Reputation and use
  • Evidence admissibility
  • Standard of review
  • Section 6(5) confusion test
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Intellectual property 2025 FC 940

GRC Food Services Ltd. v. Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG

The Federal Court admitted fresh evidence of trademark expungement, found it material, set aside the opposition board decision, and bifurcated the appeal for de novo review.

  • Trademark confusion
  • Expungement of registration
  • New material evidence
  • De novo review
  • Registrability
  • Distinctiveness
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Intellectual property 2025 FC 27

Sea Two v C-Town

The Federal Court found C-Tow had prior use of the C-Tow marks, Sea Tow knew of that use before adopting its marks, and Sea Tow’s registrations were invalid in part.

  • Trademark registration
  • Incontestability
  • Distinctiveness
  • Bad faith
  • Confusion
  • Chain of title
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