Blair J held that: (i) Ukraine did not lack capacity to enter into the transaction; (ii) the Minister of Finance had usual or ostensible authority; (iii) Ukraine’s defence of duress was not arguable or justiciable; and (iv) the doctrine of countermeasures could not be relied on. [read post]

  At this point, as Barton Beebe and Jeanne Fromer have demonstrated with empirical research, crowding on the TM register is a serious problem, both in the US and Europe, and nonuse proceedings may not be able to do very much on the back end to deal with that. [read post]

Cooper jennifercooper Seattle Caroline Mala Corbin CarolineMCorbin Miami Nathan Cortez nathancortez SMU Brenda Cossman BrendaCossman Toronto Adam Cox adambcox NYU Carys Craig CraigCarys Osgoode Hall Bridget Crawford profbcrawford Pace Susan Crawford scrawford Cardozo Dennis Crouch patentlyo Missouri César Cuauhtémoc Garcia Hernandez crimmigration Capital Emma Cunliffe emmajcunliffe Univ British Columbia Lawrence Cunningham CunninghamProf George Washington Karen Czapanskiy… [read post]