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International trademarks: - Over 64,000 international trademark applications filed. - Over 450,000 designations made in these applications. - Approximately 943,000 international trademark registrations currently in force (+2.4%). - 7,522,669 designations in active international trademark registrations (+0.6%). - Over 68,000 requests for subsequent extensions of the geographic scope of existing international trademark registrations (+2.5%). - Over 43,000 renewals of international trademark [...]

Please note that, since 2025, the Canada Trademark Office (CIPO) has initiated revocation proceedings on its own initiative, under Section 45, with the aim of removing unused trademark registrations from the Register. Therefore, those who are not using their trademark at all or not using it in its registered form should be careful: they must take action as soon as [...]

From September 27, 2026, amendments will come into force aimed at penalizing misleading information on environmental issues. For our purposes here, misleading environmental claims are punishable, consisting in any message or representation in any form, including text, images, or trademarks, that suggests a positive impact that does not exist. Other untrue claims include promises of future or unprovable positive environmental [...]

In innovative companies, the assets that drive true success—such as trademarks, patents, and proprietary processes—often don't appear in traditional accounting. While enterprise value was once primarily tied to physical assets (machinery and real estate), today over 90% of company value is comprised of intangible assets. Companies with active patents achieve 30-50% higher valuations in acquisitions than competitors without documented IP; [...]