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IP Osgoode Speaks Series Video: Territoriality of Trademarks in a Post-National Era

IP Osgoode would like to thank everyone who attended Professor Graeme B. Dinwoodie‘s lecture, titled “Territoriality of Trademarks in a Post-National Era,” on September 18, 2014 at Osgoode Hall Law School. The video of the lecture is available here. You can also read Jamie Franks’ reflections of Professor Dinwoodie’s presentation here.  

The Curious Case of the Woodpecker and the Injunction

In Woodpecker Hardwood Floors (2000) Inc v Wiston International Trade Co, Ltd (2013 BCCA 553), the BC Court of Appeal denied an appeal to overturn an interlocutory injunction which enjoined the use of a registered trade-mark in an action for passing off.  This case is surprising, both due to its strange relationship with judicial precedent […]

2013 IP Year in Review: To Go Where No One Has Gone Before

Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, the Founder and Director of the IP Intensive Program, the Founder and Director of the IP Osgoode Innovation Clinic, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. 2013 ushered in renewed changes to the intellectual property law terrain in Canada and around the world. […]

The Bay Builds Upon a Masterpiece

Beymen, the leading fashion brand in Turkey, has offered upscale men’s clothing since 1971, more recently adding women’s wear and home collections to its lines.  But when it sought to register two of its design marks in Canada (possibly to herald its entry into the Canadian retail market), Beymen ran into serious issues with Canada’s […]

2012 IP Year in Review: Hollywood Couldn’t Make an Action Movie this Good

Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, the Founder and Director of the IP Intensive Program, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. 2012 was an action-packed year in the world of intellectual property law. There were flurries of reports, decisions, and new legislation that confronted many core principles of […]

Quebec Has Some Branding Issues

The commitment to culture by our Francophone neighbours in Quebec has put their provincial government in the center of a legal battle with 6 major retailers.