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Canadian Contest Law: Key Questions to Ask if Running a Contest in Canada
CANADIAN CONTEST RULES/PRECEDENTS Do you need contest rules/precedents for a Canadian contest? We offer many types of Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents and forms (i.e., Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents to run common types of contests in Canada). These include precedents for random draw contests (i.e., where … Read the rest of this entry »
General Impressions Matter: US FTC, Australian ACCC Take Issue Over Headline Claims (and Some Compliance Tips)
In the advertising law world, general impressions matter – a lot. In Canada, the federal Competition Act even includes specific sections that provide that the general impression of a claim (i.e., not merely the literal meaning of an advertising claim or what is included in … Read the rest of this entry »
Contest Law: A Few Interesting Recent Questions, Including CASL & Criminal Code
CANADIAN CONTEST RULES/PRECEDENTS Do you need contest rules/precedents for a Canadian contest? We offer many types of Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents and forms (i.e., Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents to run common types of contests in Canada). These include precedents for random draw contests (i.e., where … Read the rest of this entry »
CASL (Anti-spam Law): A Few Impacts of the New Law as the “Coming Into Force Dust Settles”
CANADIAN CASL (ANTI-SPAM LAW) PRECEDENTS Do you need a precedent or checklist to comply with CASL (Canadian anti-spam law)? We offer Canadian anti-spam law (CASL) precedents and checklists to help electronic marketers comply with CASL. These include checklists and precedents for express consent requests (including … Read the rest of this entry »
New Advertising Law Books: International Advertising Law: A Practical Global Guide
Globe Law and Business recently published a new international advertising law text entitled: International Advertising Law. Given that I work a lot in the Canadian advertising and marketing law areas, as well as the relative dearth of advertising and marketing law texts generally (both in … Read the rest of this entry »
Don’t Call Us, We’ll Jail You: Canadian Sentenced to 18 Months in Misleading Advertising, Telemarketing Case
Earlier today, the Competition Bureau announced that a Canadian telemarketer has been sentenced, following a guilty plea, to an 18 month prison sentence in a misleading advertising and deceptive telemarketing case. According to the Bureau, the telemarketer was engaged in deceptive marketing of online business … Read the rest of this entry »
Trade-marks: Guest Post: Proposed Changes to Canada’s Trademark Laws
Guest post by Andrei Mincov (Trademark Factory – reprinted with permission) As many of you know, the Federal Government recently introduced Bill C-31, the Economic Action Plan 2014, No. 1. Among the changes to almost 40 different pieces of legislation, it introduces many significant and … Read the rest of this entry »
