1 June 2012Jurisdiction reportsChantal Bertoša

Free to roar at last: sound marks make their debut in Canada

Despite legislation that was, arguably, broad enough to encompass the registration in Canada of trademarks consisting of a sound, it took a 20-year battle for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc (MGM) to get a ruling confirming that sound marks are registrable in Canada.

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