The Federal Court of Appeal had the occasion to review the so-called non-use cancellation action under section 45 of the Trademark Act in the context of the acquisition of the trademarks by a new owner in the case Comité interprofessionnel du vin de champagne v. Coors Brewing Company[1]. Section 45, and more specifically subsection 45(3),...Read More

In a seminal article from 1994, Fitting the Forum to the Fuss: A user-Friendly Guide to Selecting an ADR Procedure, the authors, Frank Sandler and Stephen Goldberg, both leaders in the ADR movement in the U.S. used ‘Fit the Forum to the fuss” as a principle in dispute resolution design meaning you should choose the...Read More

Each month, we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII in the previous month and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. For this past month, the three most-consulted English-language decisions were: 1. Sullivan v. Culic et al, 2026 ONSC 23...Read More

Imagine that you are a provincial Attorney General. The Cabinet, for whatever reason, has lost confidence in the provincial law society. The Premier asks you for options to decrease its effective authority in the self-regulation of the legal profession. She dares you to think big but also challenges you find a subtle way to achieve...Read More

Given the high value placed on research excellence by legal professionals and consultants, I am surprised that stories continue to be reported about the lack of rigour exercised in the creation of work product by these professional groups. In addition to the ongoing stories of professional sanctions placed on lawyers for including incorrect citations and...Read More