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Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
I am happy to report that this blog has been selected as the “Best Practitioner Support Blog” in the 2008 Clawbies – the Canadian Law Blog Awards. We are delighted to be recognized for our efforts, particularly given the number of excellent law blogs in Canada.
This award caps off a banner year for us here at the Canadian Trademark Blog: in April, we were selected as a “Top Blog” by the LexisNexis group, and our blog continues to appear on their worldwide Trademark Law Center page; in May, we received terrific coverage in the highly respected Managing Intellectual Property magazine.
Many thanks to all of you who read, comment and link to the blog; we hope that you have found the 70+ stories we posted this year both interesting and insightful. We look forward to continuing to share our observations and analyses with you in 2009.
Happy New Year to you!
The Canadian Trademark Blog Team.
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ROYAL CHINET
Monday, December 29th, 2008
According to a recent story, CKF Inc., the Nova Scotia based company that produces ROYAL CHINET disposable plates, is being sued in both Canada and Maine by Huhtamaki Americas Inc. over the rights to the Chinet brand in Canada. CKF Inc. argued that it obtained and paid for the trademark and technology rights years ago from a company now owned by Huhtamaki. At the preliminary hearing in Nova Scotia, judgment on the jurisdictional issue was reserved.
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MARKETSIDE
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
In stereotypical David and Goliath fashion, Marketside Food Shop and Cafe, a food store and catering business based in Owen Sound, Ontario, was successful in its faceoff against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Wal-Mart has apparently opened four Marketside stores in Phoenix, Arizona and filed trademark applications in Canada for MARKETSIDE and MARKETSIDE & Design, based on proposed use in Canada. According to the information on the online database of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Wal-Mart volunarily abandoned both applications on December 11, 2008.
We wish all of our readers Happy Holidays and a healthy and prosperous 2009.
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