Under certain circumstances, for example, if two or more parties/individuals hold patents for inventions that share common subject matter, they will not be able to work their inventions without the permission of the other party. In situations like this, the most common solution is to cross-license the technologies between the parties.
The process of invention is complete only with the IP protection provided in law. That's where MBM comes in. We match our clients' creative thinking with the creative protection needed to achieve their goals.
It has been a long-standing position of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office that sounds cannot function as trademarks. While many countries in the world recognize and routinely register sound marks....
