Trusts and Estates Freezes Under Part 5 of the FLA – Walking on Thin Ice
Since the coming into force of the Family Law Act, S.B.C. 2011, c. 25 [FLA], much has been written about the implications of the family ... Continued
Lauren Liang elected to S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Board of Directors
Lauren Liang has been elected to the Board of S.U.C.C.E.S.S , following the steps of Lyall Knott, Q.C. who served on the Board for multiple terms. S.U.C.C.E.S.S is one ... Continued
Mike McDonald Q.C. recognized by UBC with Alumni Builder Award
Congratulations to our Mike McDonald Q.C., who was the recipient of this year’s Alumni Builder Award from the UBC Allard School of Law. This award ... Continued
Neil Melliship and Jeffrey Vicq speak in San Francisco
At a recent roundtable meeting of the International Trademark Association in San Francisco, Neil Melliship and Jeffrey Vicq spoke to local attorneys about pending changes ... Continued
A (re)introduction to FIPPA and how your familiarity with private sector privacy laws will only take you so far (alas, not far enough).
This series is designed to get you (re)acquainted with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, or FIPPA for short, in all of ... Continued
Prohibited Marks and Universities: Are You Taking Full Advantage of Your Rights under the Trademarks Act?
Universities, like any modern organization, use their trademarks to express their distinct identity, market themselves, and generate revenue from branded goods and services. Universities, of ... Continued
Supreme Court of Canada: Internet Service Providers (ISPs) Entitled to Reasonable Costs for Production of User Info in a Copyright Infringement Action
The Copyright Act’s notice and notice regime puts internet service providers in the role of “monkey in the middle”. An ISP provides network access to ... Continued
No Hotel in Canada? No Problem – Trademark Owner Maintains Trademark Registration With Hotel Services
The Federal Court of Canada (the “Court”) recently released its decision in Hilton Worldwide Holdings LLP v Miller Thomson, 2018 FC 895. In the decision underlying this ... Continued
Are Injunctions Now Easier to Obtain in Canada?
Since the mid-1990s, brand owners in Canada have considered that their chances of obtaining interlocutory injunctions for trademark infringement at the Federal Court of Canada ... Continued
Demographics and the War for Talent
An article at CNN money recently caught my interest. The article is about “Job Interview Ghosting” and you can read it here: https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/17/pf/job-interview-ghosting/index.html . The article is ... Continued
Court Clarifies Pipeline Approval Processes: “Widen Scope of Review and Consult Meaningfully With First Nations”
On August 30th 2018, the Federal Court of Appeal rendered its decision in respect of Kinder Morgan’s (perhaps now Canada’s) proposed expansion of the Trans ... Continued
Predatory marriages and the capacity to marry: Emily Clough’s case featured in CBC documentary
Emily Clough’s 2017 case at the Supreme Court of British Columbia was the subject of a documentary made by the CBC. The documentary was nationally ... Continued