Trademarks Act

Marginal note:Request for assistance

• 51.04 (1) The owner of a registered trade-mark may file with the Minister, in the form and manner specified by the Minister, a request for assistance in pursuing remedies under this Act with respect to goods imported or exported in contravention of section 51.03.

• Marginal note:Information in request

  (2) The request for assistance shall include the trade-mark owner’s name and address in Canada and any other information that is required by the Minister, including information about the registered trade-mark and the goods for which it is registered.

• Marginal note:Validity period

  (3) A request for assistance is valid for a period of two years beginning on the day on which it is accepted by the Minister. The Minister may, at the request of the trade-mark owner, extend the period for two years, and may do so more than once.

• Marginal note:Security

  (4) The Minister may, as a condition of accepting a request for assistance or of extending a request’s period of validity, require that the trade-mark owner furnish security, in an amount and form fixed by the Minister, for the payment of an amount for which the trade-mark owner becomes liable under section 51.09.

• Marginal note:Update

  (5) The trade-mark owner shall inform the Minister in writing, as soon as practicable, of any changes to

  • (a) the validity of the registered trade-mark that is the subject of the request for assistance;

  • (b) the ownership of the trade-mark; or

  • (c) the goods for which the trade-mark is registered.