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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 1704

Big Duck Games, LLC v. X-Flow Ltd.

The Federal Court allowed Big Duck Games’ appeal from a section 45 expungement, found new evidence material and sufficient to show use of FLOW in Canada, and maintained the registration except for physical consoles.

  • Trademark use
  • Expungement
  • Section 45
  • Subsection 56(5) leave
  • New evidence admissibility
  • Appellate de novo review
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Intellectual property 2025 FC 1348

Power Herbs Wellness Trading Corporation v. Svenskt Kosttillskott AB

The Federal Court dismissed an appeal from a section 45 expungement, finding the new evidence did not prove use of the Healthvell mark in Canada during the relevant period.

  • Trademark use
  • Expungement
  • Standard of review
  • Admissibility of new evidence
  • Section 45 proceedings
  • Trademark-use
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Intellectual property 2025 FC 68

Caprice Holdings Limited v. West Georgia Lounge Holding Corp.

The Federal Court granted Caprice Holdings Limited’s expungement application and ordered trademark registration No. 1,164,102 for “IVY” struck for abandonment.

  • Expungement
  • Abandonment
  • Non-use
  • Standing
  • Service of process
  • Trademark-expungement
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Intellectual property 2024 FC 2075

Kazar Group SpĂłlka v BCF

The Federal Court allowed Kazar Group’s appeal in part, finding the evidence proved use of KAZAR in Canada for men’s shoes, but not for the other registered goods.

  • Trademark use
  • Section 45 cancellation
  • Evidence and proof of use
  • Expungement
  • Remedies
  • Trademark-use
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Intellectual property 2024 FC 1765

Auberge & Spa Le Nordik Inc v. Therme Development (Cy) Ltd.

Federal Court partially expunged THERME trademark registrations for specified spa and hotel services, found THERME descriptive or confusing in part, and excluded expert linguist evidence.

  • Expungement
  • Descriptiveness
  • Deceptive misdescriptiveness
  • Likelihood of confusion
  • Entitlement to register
  • Distinctiveness
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Intellectual property 2024 FC 1441

Giuseppe De Luca v. Geox S.P.A.

The Federal Court dismissed Giuseppe De Luca’s application to expunge Geox’s AMPHIBIOX mark, finding he had not proved a lack of distinctiveness on March 28, 2022.

  • Distinctiveness
  • Expungement
  • Likelihood of confusion
  • Evidence admissibility
  • Costs
  • Trademark-distinctiveness
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Trademark law 2024 FC 1202

51.CA Inc v. Chun Huang

The Federal Court struck trademark registration TMA722538, finding confusing prior use and no acquired rights by the registrant, but refused bad faith and injunction relief.

  • Expungement
  • Non-entitlement
  • Distinctiveness
  • Bad faith
  • Passing off
  • Injunctive relief
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Intellectual property 2024 FC 779

Vermillion Networks Inc. v. Cenovus Enegery Inc.

The Federal Court dismissed Vermillion’s rule 51 appeal from an order refusing leave to file additional evidence in a trademark expungement proceeding.

  • Trademarks
  • Expungement
  • Admission of fresh evidence
  • Subrule 84(2)
  • Federal courts rules
  • Fresh-evidence
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Intellectual property 2024 FC 751

Enigmatus, S.R.O. v. Playtika Ltd.

The Federal Court granted summary trial, dismissed Enigmatus’s passing off and expungement claims, upheld the SLOTOMANIA registration, and dismissed Playtika’s counterclaim.

  • Passing off
  • Expungement
  • Likelihood of confusion
  • Registration validity
  • Summary trial
  • Costs
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