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Canada: Disclaimers no longer required
In a Practice Notice issued August 15, 2007, the Canadian Trade-marks Office announced that it will generally no longer require disclaimers to exclusive use of portions of a trademark that are not independently registrable.
Section 35 of the Act states that the Registrar may require the applicant for a trademark registration to disclaim the right to exclusive use of portions of a trademark that are not independently registrable. As a result of this section, and prior to the issuance of the above-mentioned Practice Notice, the Trademarks Office has always routinely requested disclaimers regarding descriptive words and other nonregistrable elements. That is apparently no longer the case.
Please however note that the Trademarks Office will continue to request disclaimers of certain nonregistrable matter, such as Official Emblems.
The Trademarks Office will also accept an amendment to an application to withdraw previously entered disclaimers, provided the amendment is submitted prior to advertisement of the application in the Canadian Trademarks Journal.