In this video we describe what information is necessary to register a trademark in Canada.
Your application must identify the applicant, which is the person or the company that is using the trademark. If you're a sole proprietor, the applicant would be you as an individual. If you have a corporation, it should be named as the applicant. You can also have a partnership as the applicant, but it’s important to note there can be only one applicant.
In addition to the owner's name, you have to provide an address where the Trademarks Office or the public can reach you with respect to your trademark.
In addition to the owner information, obviously your application must identify the trademark you wish to register and state what type of mark it is. For example, whether it’s a word or words, a design with or without words, a shape of a product or packaging, a smell, taste, sound or hologram. Anything can be a trademark!
Finally, your trademark application must contain a list of the specific goods and services that you plan to sell in connection with your trademark. These goods and services must be described in specific and ordinary commercial terms. Those goods and services must also be classified in accordance with the Nice International Classification System for Goods and Services. That means everything that you sell needs to be slotted into 1 of 45 different classes. Your government registration fees depend on the number of classes that are contained in your trademark application.
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