Neil Melliship was quoted in Uses and abuses of trademarks online, a recent Canadian Lawyer article examining how the parameters that define trademark registration and use in different jurisdictions have been complicated by our increasingly online and globalized world. In the article, Neil, together with several other leading Canadian trademark practitioners, identified a number of recent cases that have highlighted the difficulties that Canadian Courts have had in responding to changes in how business is conducted online, when dealing with the concept of whether or not a trademark is used in Canada.
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