Notifying Member

Canada

Details of the notified legal text

Title

Québec: Regulation to amend mainly the Regulation respecting the language of commerce and business

Subject matter

Trademarks

Nature of notification

[  ]    Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation_

[X]     Other law or regulation_

Link to legal text[*]

https://ip-documents.info/2025/IP/CAN/25_07093_00_e.pdf
https://ip-documents.info/2025/IP/CAN/25_07093_00_f.pdf

Notification status

[X]     First notification

[  ]    Amendment or revision to notified legal text

[  ]_    Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)

Previous notification(s) referred to

Not applicable

Brief description of the notified legal text

On June 26 2024, the Government of Québec published its Regulation to amend mainly the Regulation respecting the language of commerce and business, which aligns the Regulation respecting the language of commerce and business with Québec’s Charter of the French Language, as modified by Law 14 (An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec).

The Regulation, which entered into force on 1 June 2025, clarifies certain French language requirements in the province of Québec, regarding the use of "generic" and "descriptive" terms in a language other than French in trademarks. The Regulation will not require the translation of trademarks into French.

Language(s) of notified legal text

English, French

Entry into force

1 June 2025

Other date

Notification details

Submission date of notification

21 October 2025

Other information

Regulation to amend mainly the Regulation respecting the language of commerce and business: https://www.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/gazette/pdf_encrypte/lois_reglements/2024A/106924.pdf

Agency or authority responsible

Quebec Office of the French Language

276 rue Saint-Jacques, suite 400

Montreal, Quebec H2Y 1N3

Email:      info@oqlf.gouv.qc.ca / informations@mlf.gouv.qc.ca