Search results
Order by most recent / most popular / relevance
Results: 1-2 of 2
Retailers seek Superior Court of Québec declaration against OQLF in French language signage dispute
- Bereskin & Parr LLP
- -
- Canada
- -
- October 15 2012
On October 9, 2012, six retailers, BEST BUY, COSTCO, GAP, OLD NAVY, GUESS? and WAL-MART, filed a motion in the Superior Court of Québec seeking a declaratory judgement against the Office québécoise de la langue française (OQLF) that the use of their trademarks on signage, without a French descriptor, is compliant with the Charter of the French Language (the Charter) and its regulations
Broad interpretation of “use” in association with retail store services
- Bereskin & Parr LLP
- -
- Canada
- -
- May 12 2011
The recent decision in TSA Stores, Inc. v. The Registrar of Trade-marks (2011 FC 273 (FC)) deals with the issue of use in Canada of services where a “bricks-and-mortar” business is not operating
