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By Occasional Contributors | 2 Minutes Read October 22, 2019

Businesses have until November 24 to put their French face forward

As previously reported, Quebec companies that display a non-French trademark on outdoor signage in the absence of a French generic term, slogan or description have until November 24, 2019 to comply with the new rules requiring a “sufficient presence of French”.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting / branding, language of commerce and business, non-French signage, Regulation Respecting the Language of Commerce and Business, rooftop signs, storefront signage, trademarks on public signs

By Occasional Contributors | 2 Minutes Read August 7, 2015

Government of Québec proposes new regulation for retail signage

As a response to the decision of Québec (Procureure générale) v. Magasins Best Buy ltée, 2015 QCCA 747, the Government of Québec recently announced that it intends to bring forward a new regulation requiring companies with non-French names to add wording in French to their exterior signs.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business / Charter of French Language, Doing business in Quebec, French language, language of commerce and business, Loi 101, retail signage, trade-mark

By Occasional Contributors | 7 Minutes Read July 21, 2015

In French please!

trademark-use-in-quebecOn April 27th of this year, a group of leading retailers, including Best Buy, Costco and Wal-Mart, won their case before the Quebec Court of Appeal, which confirmed that the display of their English trademarks on storefront signage of the locations they operate in Quebec is in compliance with the Charter of the French Language (Charter).
The Court of Appeal upheld the judgment rendered by the Superior Court of Quebec in April 2014 in which Justice Michel Yergeau found that pursuant to Section 25 (4) of the Regulation respecting the language of commerce and business (Regulation), the display of a trademark in a language other than French is permitted on public signs and in commercial advertising, especially on storefront signage, as long as a French version of the trademark has not been registered.
This judgment was rendered following a joint hearing in October 2012 in connection with a motion for … Continue reading “In French please!”

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business / Charter of the French Language, commercial advertising, display of English trademarks, Doing business in Quebec, francization program, language of commerce and business, official language of the province, public signs, retailers, storefront signage

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