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Federal Court of Appeal clarifies test for clearly descriptive composite trademarks

By John McKeown ( May 12, 2026, 10:35 AM EDT) -- In January 2025, we discussed the Federal Court’s decision in Auberge & Spa Le Nordik Inc. v. Therme Development (CY) Ltd., 2024 FC 1765. In this case, the applicant had sought to strike specific services from the registrations for THERME, THERME GROUP, THERME WOMANS HEAD LOGO and THERME WOMAN LOGO owned by Therme Development (CY) Ltd. (TD), mainly related to health spa resort services....