Photo Credits: Mink Mingle (unsplash.com) Meena Alnajar is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Taylor Swift broke records in 2020, releasing two albums…
Category: Trademarks
A NAME TO CONJURE WITH
Tugce Kucukali is an IPilogue Writer and incoming LL.M Candidate at University of British Columbia. Granting trademark protection for personal names is an accepted and common practice in European trademark laws, especially for celebrities’ names.…
Battle of the PCs: Pampered Chef defends trademark infringement case by President’s Choice
Pampered Chef recently succeeded for the second time in defending their trademark against Loblaw’s Inc. In 2019, the Federal Court dismissed Loblaw’s claim for trademark infringement, a decision which was…
Decision in "Sim & McBurney v En Vogue Sculptured Nail Systems Inc."
On February 9, 2021, Osgoode Hall Law Students had the privilege of observing the virtual hearing for the appeal of Sim & McBurney v En Vogue Sculpted Nail Systems (2020…
Is Copyright Still for Losers? The EUIPO Declares Banksy’s “Flower Thrower” Trademark Invalid
It all started with a bouquet of flowers: a bundle of blooms to be hurled by a bandana-clad figure, as stencilled along the wall of a garage. Over the last…
Of Bands and Breweries: The Hip Sues Mill Street Over “100th Meridian” Beer
“…At the Hundredth meridian,Where the great plains begin” The hundredth meridian is the longitudinal line that roughly separates the semi-arid, rural regions of Western Canada from the humid, more urban…