Terrance S. Carter
Essential Trademark Issues for Charity and Not-For-Profit Lawyers
For registered charities and other not-for-profits, their trademarks may be one of the most valuable assets that they own. As such, failure to protect such assets could have serious consequences for the directors of those organizations as well as for the organizations themselves. For instance, with regard to charities, the common law places a high fiduciary duty on directors to act as trustee-like stewards of the charitable property entrusted to them and to take reasonable steps to protect those assets. For this reason, it is important that directors of charities, as well as not-for-profits, understand the appropriate steps that are involved in protecting the organization’s trademarks. To avoid the situation where a charity or not-for-profit is precluded from addressing an intellectual property challenge because the appropriate steps were not taken in a timely manner, it is important for a lawyer when initially consulting with a charity or not-for-profit to identify.
This paper was prepared for the Ontario Bar Association’s Institute 2019: Audits, Working with Indigenous Communities, and Key Updates in Charity and Not-For-Profit Law. To reference the full paper, see 'Essential Trademark Issues for Charity and Not-For-Profit Lawyers.'
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