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Goldman Sloan Nash & Haber LLP | Canada | 2 Jun 2016
In some cases there may be no alternative but to enforce a brand owner’s rights against third parties. Each case turns on its facts and the rights in…
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Goldman Sloan Nash & Haber LLP | Canada, European Union | 13 May 2016
The Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Union’s highest court, has recently found that a trademark consisting of two parallel…
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Goldman Sloan Nash & Haber LLP | Canada | 13 May 2016
The plaintiff made a documentary regarding the courageous actions of a Polish-Catholic woman during the Second World War in a town occupied by German…
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Goldman Sloan Nash & Haber LLP | Canada | 13 May 2016
The appellant in this case was involved in the sale of counterfeit Chanel merchandise. In 2006 two previous actions were commenced against the…
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Goldman Sloan Nash & Haber LLP | United Kingdom | 13 May 2016
In November of 2013 we discussed a trial decision in an industrial design case that dealt with a novel yet important issue of law. Since that time…
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Goldman Sloan Nash & Haber LLP | Canada | 18 Jun 2013
Consumers are faced with a multitude of product choices. Typically they seek to reduce the complexity of their buying decisions by focusing on key…
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Goldman Sloan Nash & Haber LLP | Canada | 10 Jun 2013
The Trade-marks Act contains a statutory codification of the common law claim for passing off. The Act provides that no person shall: 7(b) direct…
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Goldman Sloan Nash & Haber LLP | Canada | 7 Jun 2013
Why do employers invoke just cause as a defense to a wrongful dismissal action? Sometimes the employee's behaviour is so egregious that the employer…
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Goldman Sloan Nash & Haber LLP | Canada | 7 Jun 2013
Business is down and the workforce is idle. The office staff are gossiping at the coolers and the plant employees are standing around exchanging…
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Goldman Sloan Nash & Haber LLP | Canada | 7 Jun 2013
When a manager's assistant confides in H.R. that she is being sexually harassed; when staff come forward that they are being abused by their…