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13 Nov 2010, 5:47 am
International trade secret theft has become an increasing problem.
As a primer for our readers, we have created an “International Trade Secrets” links section, which we are in the process of populating with resources that provide good summary information about the laws of countries around the world.
We hope you find the resources useful.
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22 Mar 2012, 4:29 pm
Case - Tivo Inc v Vivo International Corporation Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 252Whether "Vivo" (see pic) deceptively similar to word trade mark TIVO. Honest Concurrent UseAcquisition of reputation sufficient for deception or confusionInfringementNon-use [read post]
24 Sep 2010, 11:40 am
On September 23, 2010, the Government of Canada tabled in the House of Commons for debate Bill C-46 "An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the Republic of Panama, the Agreement on the Environment between Canada and the Republic of Panama and the Agreement on Labour Cooperation between Canada and the Republic of Panama".
This legislation must be passed by both the House of Commons and the Senate before it becomes law and the Canada-Panama FTA and side agreements can… [read post]
9 Aug 2011, 11:58 am
BrandFX (BFX) issued a press release on August 5, 2011 announcing that it just received a $2,400,000.00 check from its competitor, Astoria Industries of Iowa, Inc. (Astoria) Asset purchase? Licensing fees? Debt repayment? Nope, nope and nope.
That check was for a damages and attorneys’ fees award for trade dress infringement and false advertising under the Lanham Act, as well as common law misappropriation under Texas law. According to the press release, the litigation took seven… [read post]
21 Aug 2012, 3:55 pm
The Federal Government has announced a series of cross-country consultations with industry and business leaders in relation to Canada’s global commerce strategy – including from SMEs – as part of its 2012 Economic Action Plan. From DFAIT:
“As part of Economic Action Plan 2012, the Government of Canada made a commitment to refresh the Global Commerce Strategy (GCS). The government is undertaking a series of cross-country consultations with industry and business leaders—including those… [read post]
7 Nov 2010, 11:08 am
On November 6, 2010, Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade published a notice in the Canada Gazette commencing brief consultations concerning the modernization of the Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement.
The Closing Date: November 19, 2010
The Government of Canada is seeking the views of Canadians on the scope of the negotiation for the modernization of the existing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Canada and the Republic of Costa Rica (Costa Rica).
This notice is… [read post]
22 Feb 2011, 5:48 pm
Since I was traveling last week, you might be behind on your reading. Here are some headlines to catch you up:
NC State University Report: North Carolina ports support more than 65,000 jobs across the state and provide an economic impact of $7.5 billion.
Doing business in China can really stink for US companies; investor/buyer/seller beware.
GMU's Russ Roberts absolutely dismantles Paul Krugman's (and others') latest nonsense about the omnipotence of America's "rich".
Geithner: Chinese inflation is… [read post]
18 Jan 2010, 7:53 am
My good friend Riyaz Dattu (and Peter Glossop) at Oslers is reporting that:
Canadian officials are anxious to receive input from Canadian business. Businesses should consider both their defensive trade strategies in adjusting to increased EU competition, as well as offensive trade strategies designed to penetrate EU markets. The questionnaire [posted by Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade a while ago] identified a number of areas that may be of particular concern to… [read post]
19 Jan 2010, 2:30 pm
News Centre reports that India and the EU free trade agreement negotiators will meet next week after the Canadian delegation leaves Brussels. The India-Eu FTA negotiations started in 2007 and the negotiators are on the Seventh Round of negotiations starting January 25, 2010.
One of India's areas of concern in those negotiations are India the costly certificates for exporting fruit to the EU and conformity procedures for the EC mark. Query whether Canada is going to identify similar concerns?
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21 Apr 2010, 10:00 am
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has released a paper about the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (Canada-EU CETA) entitled "Negotiating from Weakness: Canada-EU trade treaty threatens Canadian purchasing policies and public service". Please go to the following link for the well-written article - http://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/negotiating-%E2%80%89weakness. I do not agree with all of the conclusions in the article. That being… [read post]
20 Aug 2010, 12:11 am
The Cell C rebranding has sparked a furious debate about the merits of the new logo as well as Cell C's campaign involving Trevor Noah. In critiquing the new logo a number of people, myself included for some inexplicable reason, confused the significance of the ™ symbol with the ® symbol and have referred to the Cell C logo as being a registered trade mark. This is not accurate and this was borne out by news that the Cell C logo's registration has been provisionally refused.
It is worth… [read post]
27 Jan 2011, 8:30 am
On January 27, 2011, Prime Minister Harper announced that Canada has launched free trade negotiations with Morocco. A formal announcement has been posted on the Prime Minister's web-site. The news release states:Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Prime Minister of Morocco, Abbas El Fassi, today announced the two countries will begin negotiations towards a free trade agreement. The announcement was made during a working visit to Morocco by Prime Minister Harper. The Prime Minister was joined by… [read post]
25 Sep 2010, 10:53 am
On September 24, 2010, India's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Anand Sharma and Canada's Minister of International Trade, Mr. Peter Van Loan issued a joint statement on trade and investment initiatives. please go to the following link - http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/india-inde/highlights-faits/JointStatement-DeclarationConjointe-Sept2010.aspx
The Ministers also released and announced the acceptance of the Canada-India Joint Study Group Report that examined the feasibility of a… [read post]
1 Apr 2010, 1:34 pm
Michael Geist has posted an excellent summary of the proposed intellectual property chapter of the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement under negotiation. For a copy of his blog article, please go to the following link - http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4914/125/#comments.
Michael Geist rightly points out that:The breadth of the demands are stunning - the EU is demanding nothing less than a complete overhaul of Canadian IP laws including copyright, trademark, databases,… [read post]
23 Apr 2010, 6:46 am
Trade Lawyers Blog has posted a number of postings about the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (Canada-EU CETA) during the last week. This posting relates to the latest EU demand that Canada must become more engaged in the climate change activities and Canada's oil sands projects are a target. A Financial Post article dated April 22, 2010 reports: "... Greek lawmaker Kriton Arsenis asked EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, this week to link trade cooperation… [read post]
24 Jul 2012, 10:00 am
Just as trade secrets cases continue to proliferate in the news, the U.S. Senate introduced legislation last week aimed at streamlining the ability of American companies to combat trade secret theft.
Under the proposed legislation S.3389, “Protecting American Trade Secrets and Innovation Act of 2012”(“PATSIA”), a single federal statute would be created under which companies could sue in Federal Court, as an alternative to the existing structure of state or common law statutes. To be… [read post]
27 Mar 2013, 5:22 am
This month at the World’s Wildlife Conference in Bangkok, parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (“CITES”) voted to increase trade protections for several threatened species. Approximately 5000 animal and 29,000 plant species receive some protection from CITES, although it struggles to combat illegal trade, and especially the burgeoning demand from China.
About CITES
The CITES is a voluntary international agreement between… [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 11:30 am
What's in the pocket there, chief? Don't let this employee walk away with your trade secret!
The first post in this series discussed what defines a trade secret. The second post considered what reasonable steps must be taken to guard the secrecy of your trade secret.
But what happens if, despite your best efforts, your trade secret is discovered? This post will focus on some specifics you should know if you are thinking of taking action against the “bad guys.”
What is misappropriation of… [read post]
8 Jan 2011, 12:44 pm
On January 6, 2011, the Canada's Minister of Trade, Peter Van Loan, met with Canada's Indo-Canadian community and indicated that the Harper Government wants to learn what they would like to see in a free trade agreement. Here is a link to the official announcement regarding the meeting - http://www.international.gc.ca/media_commerce/comm/news-communiques/2011/009.aspx?lang=eng
This type of consultation with stakeholders is common because the negotiators do not know what are all the problems… [read post]
12 Nov 2010, 7:26 am
After years of preliminary discussions, on November 12, 2010, Canada and India have announced that they have launched free trade agreement (to be called a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)) negotiations. The announcement comes after a meeting between Prime Minister Harper and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the G20 summit in Seoul.
This is a significant positive development in Canada / India trade. While the CEPA negotiations will not be easy or quick (as evidenced by the… [read post]