Hello everyone! Thank you kindly for stopping by the Pythor Comics Blog! Canadian Crusader says hello too!
I just wanted to chew the fat with you for awhile about nothing in particular, just the usual daily things going on in the lives of those who are familiar with using the internet now that we're officially a quarter of a century into the the new millennium.
Bye the way, did you happen to know that "Canadian Crusader" is a registered trademark? Ya, it is, isn't that something else! It's been registered since 2017!
It's really easy to learn about such things these days, all you have to do is visit the Canadian Intellectual Property Office website to do a trademark search at this link: Search - Canadian Trademarks Database - Intellectual property and copyright - Canadian Intellectual Property Office - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Yep! That's just how easy it is! Amazing how the internet works these days isn't it? It's just like it was back in the late 1990's only 100 times faster! Today there's no dialup tone, just quick access to any registered trademark that shouldn't be used without authorization from the owner. Did you know that it takes four years to register a trademark in Canada? Yep, it does! And I've been there done that! I started the filing for "Canadian Crusader" in 2013 and it was completed in 2017! That's eight years ago!
Or to put it another way, say for example someone in 2017 right up until present day wanted to sell a product or service, and they wanted that product or service to feature the name "Canadian Crusader".... well, under Canadian intellectual property law that would be considered stealing because the name is now registered so you can't use it! That's the idea of registering a trademark. It lets others know that the name Canadian Crusader is not available because it's registered!
So if you're going to go into business of any kind, and you don't want to look like, oh I dunno, an unprofessional dumb ass for example, you really should take a few minutes to read up about trademarks so that you understand them. And wouldn't you know it, the CIPO website has all of that type of info available online too, absolutely free! Here is the link: Trademarks guide
I understand that for some people clicking on a link is far too much work, so here is an easy to read quote from the CIPO website that explains what a trademark is:
"What is a trademark? A trademark is a sign or combination of signs used or proposed to be used by a person to distinguish their goods or services from those of others."
Here is another quote that I like: "Registering your trademark gives you legal title to it, the way a deed gives you title to a piece of property."
Something else that is important to know about my use of the name "Canadian Crusader" is that I also have it registered under copyright protection as well, in the form of the book "Canadian Crusader: Heroes Past and Present" which I published in 2019 and registered in 2022. I also registered my original drawing of Canadian Crusader in 2011, which I created wayyyyyyyyyy back circa 1989. So I don't just have the name Canadian Crusader protected by trademark registration, I also have copyright protection as well! Isn't that neat!!!
I don't want to brag or anything, but I've been using the name Canadian Crusader for a long time and have numerous registered copyright examples proving that fact. I also have several newspaper articles from long ago in which I was interviewed about my creative work, and Canadian Crusader is mentioned as being one of my characters. So despite the fact that my character isn't as popular as those you see in movies or TV, I none the less have a vastly huge resource of practical archival evidence to demonstrate my long, long history using the name Canadian Crusader which I could, for example, show an intellectual property judge if there were any particular reason that I would need to do so.
All of this to say that it's really not worth using a registered trademark without permission, especially not "Canadian Crusader", because it would just end up being a costly and embarrassing error in the long run, which is easily avoided if one does their due diligence in the first place.
If you think about it really, only a complete idiot would try to steal a registered trademark! I mean, it's such an unprofessional thing to do!
Well, I guess I should wrap this post up for now, it's been nice chatting! Gosh, it certainly is amazing what information is readily available on the internet these days! I really don't know how anyone who would stoop so low as to steal a registered trademark would even defend themselves in court for doing so, considering how easy it is to do a trademark search these days. LOL I mean, a total moron with only half a brain could figure out how to do a trademark search!!! LOL
Seriously, it's so easy a baby could do it! LOL In fact, a monkey with a walnut sized brain could do it! LOL Or someone with the attention span of a gnat could do it! LOL My goodness, I bet the list of incompetent animals, bugs and infants who could figure out how to do a trademark search would be quite long!!! If only I had more time I could list them all here right now! LOL Well, perhaps another time! Have a good evening everyone! And happy trademark searching to one and all!
-Mikey Artelle
Creator of Canadian Crusader
Posted Feb 25, 2025
