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Tag: Trademarks

Tag: Trademarks

Tough break? KitKat and the fight over those four fingers
How distinctive is the four-fingered KitKat? Our latest IP blog post looks at the trademark battle between Nestlé and

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Food Delivery Apps – Good for Business?
The traditional method of calling up your favourite restaurant and placing your order directly is increasingly being replaced by

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Celebrities Dip Their Toes (Paws?) Into The World of IP Protection
The job description of being a successful performing artist has certainly expanded in recent years, and it has become

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Mixed-Up Confusion: U-Haul and U Box It
In a major victory for a small business based in the Greater Toronto Area, the Federal Court of Appeal

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Recent SCC decisions reflect significant changes to Canadian IP law
The Supreme Court of Canada has been busy issuing a number of important decisions. These are sure to have

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Team Google, World Internet Police?
Last week, the Supreme Court of Canada released its landmark ruling in the Google v Equustek case. The Google

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Gene Simmons Attempts to Trademark the “Sign of the Horns” Hand Gesture
Shock-rock icon Gene Simmons, celebrity entrepreneur and vocalist/bassist with the group KISS, has recently applied for a US trademark

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Can There Only Be One Unicorn?
In a more caffeinated retelling of the David and Goliath story, Seattle-based coffee giant Starbucks Corp. is being sued

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