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Trademarks Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. T-13)

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Act current to 2026-05-26 and last amended on 2025-04-01. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Standard characters

 An applicant who seeks to register a trademark that consists only of letters, numerals, punctuation marks, diacritics or typographical symbols, or of any combination of them, without limiting the trademark to any particular font, size or colour shall

  • (a) file a representation under paragraph 30(2)(c) that consists only of characters for which the Registrar has adopted standard characters;

  • (b) include in their application a statement to the effect that they wish the trademark to be registered in standard characters; and

  • (c) comply with any prescribed requirements.

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