SkyChoice FIBEr Legal Fund - Fonds legal SkyChoice

SkyChoice Communications is currently challenging Bell Canada's FIBE trademark in the Federal Court of Canada since 2020 (i.e., T-711-20). The mark allegedly lacks distinctiveness with only a one-letter difference between FIBE and FIBER, a common term in the telecom industry used by providers globally when marketing their Internet services.  To ensure a successful challenge, SkyChoice has retained the services of one of the world's largest law firms. 

Bell's use of FIBE in the Canadian telecom marketplace makes it increasingly challenging for other smaller independent Internet service providers in Canada to use the common term FIBER when marketing their services provided using fiber optic technology. These providers are also already operating at a competitive disadvantage due to restricted or cost-prohibitive access to incumbent fiber optic facilities.

With most consumers associating fast and reliable Internet services with fiber optic technologies, Bell's trademark registration of FIBER's first four out of five letters allegedly impedes other independent telecom providers' ability to compete in Canada, which has some of the world's highest costs for Internet services. Canada's large incumbent telecom providers are the main contributors to this issue as they work tirelessly to maintain their stranglehold over independent Internet Service Providers by leasing their FTTH infrastructure to them at “ludicrous rates” well above their retail pricing.

SkyChoice Communications works tirelessly in providing affordable and reliable telecom services across Canada and is a proud member of the Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) and the Canadian Association of Wireless Internet Service Providers (CanWISP). Their WIFIBE wireless fiber Internet service provides fast and reliable broadband to many communities across southern Ontario, many of which had minimal affordable options before the service started being offered.

A successful challenge will ultimately reduce big telecom's stranglehold in providing and marketing affordable fiber optic Internet services in Canada. Your donation will ensure that SkyChoice has the necessary funding for the legal fees associated with challenging Bell's monopolization of the first four out of 5 letters of the common term FIBER in Federal Court. In addition, any additional donations raised will be used to support efforts to get FTTH wholesale costs lowered to reasonable levels.

We will post regular updates here and on social media as they become available in our fight for fiber freedom. 

We appreciate your support!

SkyChoice Communications conteste présentement avec Bell Canada leur marque de commerce FIBE devant la Cour Fédéral du Canada ( T-711-20 ) car prétendument, elle a un manque de caractère distinctif avec une différence de seulement une lettre entre FIBE et FIBER. La réglementation canadienne sur les marques de commerce interdit généralement l'enregistrement de marques pouvant être confondues avec des mots courants tels que «fiber» qui est de plus en plus utilisé par les fournisseurs telecom à l'échelle mondiale avec la promotion de leurs services Internet. Afin d'assurer un défi réussi, SkyChoice a retenu les services de l'un des plus grands cabinets d'avocats au monde.

Étant donné que la fibre optique est désormais un point de vente clé lors de la promotion d'un service Internet rapide et fiable, l'enregistrement des quatre premières lettres du mot FIBER comme marque de commerce empêche prétendument les FAI indépendants d'utiliser ce mot commun en partie ou en entier dans l'image de leur marque.

Comme un tel défi représente des coûts importants, ce fonds juridique public a été établi. Votre don va s'assurer que SkyChoice auront les fonds nécessaires pour leurs frais légaux afin de contester la monopolisation des quatre premières lettres du mot commun FIBER par Bell en cour Fédérale et éventuellement réduire le contrôle des grands fournisseurs télécoms sur le marché canadien afin que les FAI indépendants puissent promouvoir et offrir l'accès abordable à la fibre au domicile.

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