In recent years, Montana has been flooded by wealthy out-of-staters buying property. [1] Montana’s historic economy was built on mining, timber, railroads, ranching and energy extraction; today, the economy is regularly injected…
Category: Trademarks
CIRA’s WHOIS Policy Strikes a Balance
Update July 7, 2009: Jonathan Giraldi’s post “CIRA’s WHOIS Policy Strikes a Balance” won the Gowlings LLP Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize Fall 2008 in Professor D’Agostino’s…
American Airlines drops trademark lawsuit against Google
When American Airlines filed a lawsuit last year against Google claiming trademark infringement, many people hoped that this case would clarify the otherwise confusing jurisprudence surrounding the issue- whether or…
Liberal Party of Canada and Green Shift Inc.: Principles Take a Back Seat to the Almighty Dollar
Update July 7, 2009: Barry Stork’s post “Liberal Party of Canada and Green Shift Inc.: Principles Take a Back Seat to the Almighty Dollar” won the Gowlings LLP Best Blog…
“Green Shift”: A source of marketplace confusion?
“Green Shift” has become a familiar term in the Canadian media over the past few months. Plugging these words into Google draws up numerous hits, with the leading ones referring…
What’s In a Name? That Which We Call a...Likeness
Shakespeare was thinking about roses, but his question is of contemporary relevance: is our understanding of a thing conditioned exclusively by its name, or does it encompass its function and…