O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. But, do other nations stand on guard for Canada? When it comes to protecting official Canadian marks, such as the Canadian maple…
Category: Official Marks
VANOC Ticket Broker Suit Raises Concerns about Reach of Official Marks
Ticket Scalping is getting a lot of attention in Canada lately. In Ontario, Premier Dalton McGuinty made headlines by threatening to introduce legislation to stem TicketMaster’s practice of diverting potential…
The Overprotection of Olympic Marks in Canada
Jamie Goodman is a first year law student at Osgoode Hall and is taking the Legal Values: Challenges in Intellectual Property course. The public domain in trademarks is composed of…
Official Marks: Ulterior Motive?
Reshika Dhir is a first year law student at Osgoode Hall and is taking the Legal Values: Challenges in Intellectual Property course. A Trademark is any logo, word, symbol, name,…
Olympic Legislation Compromises Free Speech and Procedural Fairness
In its October 25th, 2006 Annual Report, the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) announced its intention to implement special legislation to protect the Olympic brand and to prevent ambush marketing of…
J&J suing the American Red Cross over use of emblem – is that obscene?
For more than a decade one of the world’s most recognized emblems – the red cross on a white background – has been shared amicably between the commercial giant health…