Articles on Corporate and Commercial Law
The Value of a Trademark
Brian Babcock
May 3, 2011
A 2004 Ontario Court of Appeal decision illustrates the value of trademark registration.
Molson Breweries markets an ale called “ Export”. Another brewery, Oland, owned by Labatt’s has also for many years sold ale called “ Export”, previously only in Atlantic Canada. Oland has a registered trademark of its label, although not of the term “ Export”. Molson attempted to trademark “Export” as a name several years ago, but, at that time, the court found that the term was not sufficiently distinctive They accepted the argument that “export” refers generically to quality beer historically manufactured for export purposes. Molson also trademarked its label, and the phrase “Molson Export”
Garnishment Of A Bank Account: Some Comments
Paul Jasiura
March 28, 2007
Recently we obtained Judgment on behalf of a client and took the usual step of issuing a Notice of Garnishment against the Judgment Debtor's bank account.
We were surprised to hear back from the Bank that it would not respond to the Notice of Garnishment unless and until our client sent a further amount of $25 to cover the Bank's service charge.
We also learned that the process is referred to their Calgary office.
