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Are you kicking goals when it comes to social media activity, or heading to the sin bin?

By Rebecca Brenikov (AU) on May 12, 2019

They say that a picture tells a thousand words. But as became apparent in Australia recently, posting a picture on social media can result in a thousand (derogatory and sexist) words. A photograph posted on Twitter by Seven AFL (taken by photographer Michael Wilson), resulted in Australian female AFLW star, Taylor ... Continue reading

Ad Standards Canada updates its Dispute Procedure

Are tougher days coming for approval of agribusiness certification trademarks in Australia?

No use crying over spilt (plant-based-dairy-free-alternatives-to) milk?

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Copyright, “fair use,” and educational institutions

By Susan Ross (US) on June 19, 2019

On May 23, 2019, a federal jury unanimously found that the Houston Independent School District willfully infringed 36 of DynaStudy’s copyrighted study guides, and awarded $9.2 million dollars. (DynaStudy, Inc. v. Houston Independent School District, Case No. 4:16-cv-01442 (S.D. Tex. May 23, 2019) (verdict, document #316). As this case illustrates, ... Continue reading

Shifting Paradigms – A new report for the future of copyright in Canada

What lessons can be drawn from the approval of the Directive on Copyright in the digital single market ?

Are you kicking goals when it comes to social media activity, or heading to the sin bin?

Counterfeiting

Canadian Anti-counterfeiting under the USMCA – what you see? We (mostly) already got it

By Karen MacDonald (CA) on October 21, 2018

The USMCA – aka NAFTA 2.0 – has a Chapter devoted to intellectual property, which has been the subject much consideration and debate since release of the text on October 1, 2018. With some commentators lamenting that Canada “caved” to US demands and predicting that the IP provisions of the ... Continue reading

(Don’t) knock it off!

Canada: out of line in combatting counterfeiting

Brands Around the World: Best Practices Roundtable on Protecting Your Valuable Brand

Trademark

U.S. Supreme Court and “Scandalous” Trademarks

By Andrea Shannon (US) on June 24, 2019

Two years after the United States Supreme Court struck down the ban on disparaging trademarks, the Supreme Court has now struck down the Lanham Act’s similar ban on the registration of scandalous and immoral trademarks at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Iancu v. Brunetti, No. 18-302, 588 U.S. _____ ... Continue reading

Unauthorized invoices – Canadian trademark owners beware

Enforcing Foreign Trademark Decisions in Canada

Supreme Court settles trademark Circuit split

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