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2021 IP Year in Review

IPilogue

v M-I LLC ; and Bauer Hockey Ltd. CCM Hockey). . Our hard-working students and community members published more than twice as many articles than in 2020 and the most articles in a calendar year since 2011. Three subsequent Federal Court of Appeal decisions developed this provision further: CanMar Foods Ltd v TA Foods Ltd.

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Section 1052(c) of the Lanham Act: A First Amendment-Free Zone?

Patently-O

Nonetheless, the bar is a content-based restriction because “its reach is defined simply by the topic (subject matter) of the covered speech” [8] – here, the topic being the famous person in question. Rather, the PTO bars registration whether the mark praises, criticizes, ridicules, parodies, or is neutral toward the famous person.