Posts Tagged ‘expungement’
In Jose Cuervo S.A. de C.V. v. Bacardi and Company Limited (2010 FCA 248), the Federal Court of Appeal (“FCA”) upheld a decision (2009 FC 1166) of the Federal Court of Canada (“Federal Court”) without providing additional reasons, dismissing an appeal from a decision of the Registrar of Trade-Marks (“Registrar”) to expunge Jose Cuervo S.A. de C.V.’s (“Jose Cuervo”) trade-mark registration # 341,290 CASTILLO for non-use.
Jose Cuervo markets alcoholic beverages, including Castillo rum. Jose Cuervo owned Canadian trade-mark registration No. 341,290 for its CASTILLO trade-mark. Bacardi & Company Limited (“Bacardi”) requested the Registrar issue a notice under S. 45 of the Trade-marks Act, which provides for the expungement of marks not used during a three-year period immediately preceding notice from the Registrar unless the non-use is due to special circumstances. Continue Reading
In Jose Cuervo S.A. de C.V. v. Bacardi & Company Ltd. (2009 FC 1166), the Federal Court dismissed an appeal of the expungement of trade-mark Reg. No. #341290 CASTILLO for non-use. The Court found that neither “special circumstances” nor sufficient evidence existed to justify what the “voluntary non-use” of the mark. Continue Reading
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