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By Occasional Contributors | 4 Minutes Read January 17, 2019

Are you making false representations in your franchise agreement?

Is it possible that an otherwise well-written franchise agreement might itself contain false representations by the franchisor?

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business / franchise agreement, franchising, intellectual property, trade-mark

By Occasional Contributors | 2 Minutes Read August 7, 2015

Government of Québec proposes new regulation for retail signage

As a response to the decision of Québec (Procureure générale) v. Magasins Best Buy ltée, 2015 QCCA 747, the Government of Québec recently announced that it intends to bring forward a new regulation requiring companies with non-French names to add wording in French to their exterior signs.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business / Charter of French Language, Doing business in Quebec, French language, language of commerce and business, Loi 101, retail signage, trade-mark

By Occasional Contributors | 4 Minutes Read July 24, 2015

No copyright and trade-mark rights in most metatags

This case is the most recent in a small line of cases concerning the intellectual property implications, or lack thereof, in using website metatags formulated based on a competitor’s website or trade-marks. While the Court’s findings are fact specific, many aspects of the decision may make it difficult for brand owners to assert rights where they find that their trade-marks or trade-names have been used as metatags in a third party competitor’s website.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business / competitor’s website, copyright, intellectual property, metatags, online commerce, online competition, trade mark infringement, trade-mark, website

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