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Applicants face significant hurdles in registering flavour and scent trademarks in the U.S.

Stikeman Elliott LLP
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Canada, USA
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March 19 2013

In a recent blog post, we noted that the new Bill C-56 would significantly expand the scope of a registrable trade-mark in Canada. If passed, the

Court of Appeal for Ontario affirms order compelling cross-border examination of alleged price-fixing chocolatier in U.S. class proceedings

Stikeman Elliott LLP
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Canada, USA
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December 17 2012

In a decision which stands as an example of the practical approach taken by Canadian courts in balancing the rights of cross-border deponents with the principles of sovereignty and comity, the Court of Appeal for Ontario in Treat America Limited v. Leonidas (“Treat America”) has confirmed an order compelling the former CEO of a Canadian company to attend at a deposition in Canada to give evidence in a U.S. class action, despite the fact that the same former CEO is the target of a parallel criminal investigation in Canada

Court finds FINRA lacks authority to sue for collection of fines

Stikeman Elliott LLP
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USA
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October 26 2011

In a judgment released earlier this month, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, which regulates securities firms doing business in the U.S., lacks the authority to bring court actions to collect disciplinary fines

Google case raises questions about the security of unencrypted wi-fi signals

Stikeman Elliott LLP
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USA
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July 19 2011

Late last month, the U.S. District for the Northern District of California denied Google’s motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging that the company accessed and used data transmitted through unencrypted Wi-Fi signals (Re Google Inc. Street View Electronic Communications Litigation

New York AG files complaint against U.S. agencies over hydrofracking

Stikeman Elliott LLP
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USA
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June 13 2011

New York Attorney General, Eric T. Schneiderman, filed a complaint with the United States District Court against various federal agencies including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Department of the Interior and Environmental Protection Agency

Lawsuit filed against U.S. federal government over climate change

Stikeman Elliott LLP
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USA
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May 9 2011

A lawsuit filed last Wednesday against the U.S. federal government by a group called Our Children’s Trust alleges that key government agencies have failed to confront a human-induced global climate crisis and, by their actions, have caused, approved and allowed too many carbon emissions into the Earth’s atmosphere

Additional set-off rights against cash collateral accounts - better be clear

Stikeman Elliott LLP
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USA
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February 18 2011

I do love the food for thought these Lehman Brothers bankruptcy cases provide

San Francisco judge rules against California cap-and-trade system

Stikeman Elliott LLP
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USA
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February 7 2011

In a recent case decided in the Superior Court of California, Association of Irritated Residents vs. California Air Resources Board et al, a San Francisco County judge made a tentative ruling against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) ordering CARB to postpone the implementation of regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including the creation of a cap-and-trade system

Talking about your case on your blog? You may have just waived privilege

Stikeman Elliott LLP
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Canada, USA
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November 30 2010

On October 22, 2010, an American magistrate judge ruled that a plaintiff suing Universal Music Corp. for improperly sending a takedown notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) waived a number of heads of attorney-client privilege by discussing the details of her legal case by email and on a blog

Defendant granted discovery of plaintiff's Facebook and MySpace profiles

Stikeman Elliott LLP
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USA
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October 29 2010

A judge of the Supreme Court of New York State has recently held that information voluntarily placed on Facebook and MySpace pages are discoverable, and that doing so would not violate the plaintiff's right to privacy

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