tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post4309572036320411798..comments2024-03-29T09:21:58.696+00:00Comments on The IPKat: The "bazaar" tale of "tartan tat"Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-12449989122326022682008-07-05T03:25:00.000+01:002008-07-05T03:25:00.000+01:00Well, speaking of sui generis stuff, the USA is tr...Well, speaking of sui generis stuff, the USA is trying to add fashion designs to vessel hulls and semiconductor chips.<BR/><BR/>Canada, of course, is hard to outdo on the front of special protection mechanisms. We still have a "Timber Marking Act" on the books. This gives a flavour:<BR/><BR/>Registered marks required<BR/><BR/>3. Every person engaged in the business of lumbering or getting out timber, and floating or rafting timber on the inland waters of Canada within the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick, shall, within one month after he engages therein, select a mark or marks and cause such mark or marks to be registered in the manner provided in this Act.<BR/><BR/>R.S., c. T-8, s. 3.<BR/><BR/>Registering marks<BR/><BR/>4. (1) The Minister shall keep a book to be called the Timber Mark Register, in which any person engaged in the business of lumbering or getting out timber may have his timber mark registered on depositing with the Minister a drawing or an impression and description in duplicate of the timber mark, together with a declaration that the timber mark is not and was not in use, to his knowledge, by any person other than himself at the time of his adoption thereof.<BR/><BR/>I must say that there doesn't seem to be much in the way work for IP lawyers under this Act. I will confess that I've never registered a single timber mark.<BR/><BR/>HowardHoward Knopfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18321190334597129416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-80826679607107715132008-07-04T14:55:00.000+01:002008-07-04T14:55:00.000+01:00And of course the bill is very carefully worded to...And of course the bill is very carefully worded to provide only a register. It will not create any IP rights because IP is a "reserved matter" to the Westminster parliament and not devolved to the Scottish Parliament... unless they push their luckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com