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Functionality in Canadian trademark law : ウィキペディア英語版 | Functionality in Canadian trademark law Under Canadian trade-mark law, the “doctrine of functionality” provides that features that are primarily functional in nature cannot be registered as trade-marks.〔Kirkbi AG v. Ritvik Holdings Inc., () 3 S.C.R. 302 at para. 42.〕 The doctrine of functionality reflects the purpose of trade-mark, which is the protection of the distinctiveness of the wares and services associated with a trade-mark.〔Kirkbi AG v. Ritvik Holdings Inc., () 3 S.C.R. 302 at para. 42.〕 Unlike patents, trade-marks do not protect the utilitarian features of products.〔Kirkbi AG v. Ritvik Holdings Inc., () 3 S.C.R. 302 at para. 43.〕 The doctrine of functionality is reflected in section 13(2) of the "Trade-marks Act", which provides that: “No registration of a distinguishing guise interferes with the use of any utilitarian feature embodied in the distinguishing guise”.〔(Trade-marks Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. T-13 ), s. 13(2).〕 On the basis of functionality, courts have denied trade-mark protection for such features as the pattern of knobs on LEGO blocks〔Kirkbi AG v. Ritvik Holdings Inc., () 3 S.C.R. 302.〕 and the shape of the head of an electric razor.〔"Remington Rand Corp. v. Philips Electronics N.V." (1995), 64 C.P.R. (3d) 467 (F.C.A.).〕 ==References==
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