Olympic Trademark Legislation Closer to Becoming Law
Following up on an earlier story regarding the unique aspects of Bill C-47, we note that the Olympic and Paralympic Marks Act, has now received Royal Assent. We understand that the legislation has not yet come into force by order of the Governor in Council, as required by section 15 of the Act, and that regulations are contemplated.
While similar legislation has been enacted in other Olympic host countries in recent years, the removal of the normal requirement that the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian Paralympic Committee or the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (“VANOC”) prove irreparable harm in order to obtain an injunction has certainly raised some eyebrows in the legal community.
The controversy noted earlier continues, as evidenced in an article in the Globe and Mail, “Olympics Bill Toughens Trademark Muscle“.
This entry was posted by Larry Munn on Thursday, June 28th, 2007 at 1:15 pm and is filed under Famous Marks, Legislation, Protection & Enforcement. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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[...] Olympic Trademark Legislation Closer to Becoming Law [...]
[...] The mascot names were not among the marks listed on the Schedule to Olympic and Paralympics Marks Act, but we would expect to see that VANOC has filed requests for the mascot marks to be advertised as Official Marks. Such requests are not made public until the request is advertised in the Trade-marks Journal. [...]
[...] Further to an earlier post, the Olympic and Paralympic Marks Act is now in force, as of December 17, 2007. [...]