By Margot Mary Davis ( June 22, 2021, 2:49 PM EDT) -- Last year, I wrote a piece for The Lawyer’s Daily stating that Canadian provinces and territories should implement their own trademark registers in addition to the federal register. Such registers would provide cost-effective trademark protection for small businesses that operate in just one province and be useful for trademark applicants that want to register a trademark for a non-distinctive phrase which has only been used locally. While I touched briefly upon the potential advantages for provincial and territorial governments in that piece, there are additional benefits which I will describe further detail below....