Tag Archives: law

June 13, 2014

When Can True Claims Be Misleading?: Comment on Fruit Drink Tussles & Some Tips

For the past little while I’ve been seeing more cases and articles related to advertising challenges based on misleading (or allegedly misleading) first impressions – that is competitor or consumer challenges based on what looks like the real deal, but may be a bit of … Read the rest of this entry »

June 12, 2014

What Is Competition Law?: A Few Interesting, Frequent and Important Competition & Advertising Law Questions – Part II

Several days ago I posted the first of a series of short notes discussing some of the more interesting, frequent and important competition and advertising law questions I’ve received over the past few years (for the first post see: here). Today I thought I would … Read the rest of this entry »

June 11, 2014

New Publications: Macdonald-Laurier Institute Report Argues Canadian Internet Privacy Overshadows Competition, Other Key Objectives

A new Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) report caught my eye discussing whether Canada’s Internet privacy policies are overbroad and overshadow other important rights and principles, such as free expression, competition and economic growth: Finding the Balance on Digital Privacy: Toward a New Canadian Model for Data … Read the rest of this entry »

June 11, 2014

What Is Competition Law?: A Few Interesting, Frequent and Important Competition & Advertising Law Questions – Part I

I’ve been blogging on competition and advertising law topics for quite a few years now – about six or seven years or so by my count – and written on a number of topics (some 1,000+ posts now as hard as that seems to me … Read the rest of this entry »

June 4, 2014

Canadian Competition Law (Competition Act) Compliance: A Primer

“Every business and individual has a duty to act lawfully. The Bureau operates on the assumption that all businesses and their senior management wish to comply with the law. Compliance is important for all businesses, regardless of their size, for both legal and practical reasons. … Read the rest of this entry »

May 27, 2014

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 »

April 20, 2014

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 »