Learn about trademarks
Using trademarks as a business tool.
Learning the basics
Trademark e-learning module
Learn how registering a trademark can protect your brand and give you a competitive advantage over other businesses.
Trademark fact sheet
Consult our fact sheet to learn the basics on Canadian trademarks.
Identify your IP
Consult a checklist of IP rights to explore the types that you could exploit and learn how to maintain an IP inventory.
Trademarks guide
Explore this trademark guide to learn about trademarks and how they can benefit your business.
Discover IP e-learning module
Learn what intellectual property (IP) is and about the different IP rights you can use to help commercialize your ideas.
IP in Canada fact sheet
Consult our fact sheet to learn the basics on IP in Canada.
Resources for filing
Your path to trademark registration
Consult our roadmap to learn about the process to register a Canadian trademark.
Fees for trademarks
View the list of fees to be paid during the trademark registration process.
Search the Canadian Trademarks Database
Search the Canadian Trademarks Database for existing trademark applications and registrations.
File a new or amended Canadian trademark application
Follow this step-by-step to file a new or amended trademark or certification mark application.
Contact a trademark agent
Find a registered trademark agent.
Trademarks Act
Consult the Canadian Trademarks Act.
Opposition and expungement
Prevent the registration of a trademark by filing an opposition
Learn how to prevent the registration of a newly advertised trademark application.
Remove a trademark from the Register for non-use
Learn how to request the removal of a registered trademark if the trademark has not been used in the past 3 years.
More information on trademarks
Trademark infringement
Understand trademark infringement to learn when and how trademark rights can be enforced.
Your trademark abroad
Browse general information on taking your brand abroad, with tips and links to the World Intellectual Property Organization's international trademark system pages.
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