Posts Tagged "court of appeal"

Federal Court of Appeal considers “special circumstances” in appeal of trade-mark expungement

Posted by Andrew Dixon on April 18th, 2016

In a recent decision of the Federal Court of Appeal (“FCA”), the FCA took the rare opportunity to consider an appeal from a section 45 expungement proceeding. In One Group LLC v Gouverneur Inc, the FCA reviewed the Registrar’s decision not to expunge One Group LLC’s (“One Group”) trade-mark registration for STK (the “Mark”) on [...]

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Location Matters: The Perils of Geographic Names as Trade-marks

Posted by Andrew Dixon on February 4th, 2016

When choosing a trade or business name it may seem like a good idea to incorporate the location of your business into the name. There are benefits: it is helpful for marketing, it gives your audience an idea of where your business is and who your market is, it can help establish your business in [...]

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