Key trademark decisions in 2022, part three

By John McKeown (January 9, 2023, 9:48 AM EST) -- The applicant is a California corporation which manufactures and sells water treatment systems. The applicant has sold reverse osmosis drinking water filtration systems under the business name “APEC Water Systems” for over 20 years. The applicant applied to register its APEC trademarks in Canada in November 2019 and learned that the trademark APEC WATER had been registered by its competitor, the respondent....