Trademark

• Court temporarily bans Adidas from using TERREX name on Vancouver store

  A B.C. court has banned Adidas from using the TERREX name on a Vancouver store sharing the same block with Arc'teryx amid a trademark dispute, ahead of a future trial.

  Canada

  Jan 3, 2024
  
• Calgary clothing company ‘disappointed’ after Walmart sells shirts with similar design

  A customer contacted Calgary clothing company, Local Laundry, in March, saying they saw an alarmingly similar T-shirt being sold at Walmart.

  Consumer

  Sep 19, 2023
  
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• Colour Crusader: How the ‘Robin Hood’ of the art world is liberating colour for everyone

  Artist Stuart Semple from Bournemouth, England, is on a mission to free colour from corporate control.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2023
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• Humboldt Broncos team gets name, logo trademarked following 2018 fatal bus crash

  Humboldt Broncos board members began the process to get the trademark soon after the deadly crash.

  Canada

  Nov 4, 2021
• Coronavirus: Montreal lawyers apply to trademark ‘COVID-19’

  Two lawyers filed applications on March 25 to trademark the term as well as ``COVID-19 prevention and care,'' according to the trademark database of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office.

  Canada

  Apr 17, 2020
• Winnipeg business fights cease-and-desist by turning it into fashion

  An Exchange District business owner is fighting a cease-and-desist order from the City of Winnipeg the best way he knows how -- by turning it into a shirt.

  Lifestyle

  Jan 3, 2020
• Questions of appropriateness, portrayal of ‘Tokaroo’ mascot continue amid TVO legal threat

  Mark Scott, who played Polkaroo during promotional appearances for more than two decades, has found himself on the receiving end of a cease-and-desist letter.

  Cannabis

  Oct 25, 2018
• National barber shop chain abandons legal threat against small N.S. business owner over name

  In a statement posted on Twitter last night, the company wished Luong - quote - "every success in the future."

  Canada

  May 18, 2018
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• N.S. minister lends support to local barber locked in trademark dispute with national chain

  The owner of Tommy's Barber Shop in north-end Dartmouth says the Tommy Gun's Original Barbershop chain sent him a letter this month alleging trademark infringement.

  Consumer

  May 17, 2018
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• SJHL, Humboldt Broncos in trademark fight over #HumboldtStrong

  The Humboldt Broncos claim they were never consulted when it came to a copyright on the phrase #HumboldtStrong.

  Canada

  May 14, 2018