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The Changing Exempt Securities Market Climate in British Columbia: Part 1

Note: The rules and law may have changed since this article was first published. It is provided for archival purposes but you…

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Plugging Gaps In Unanimous Shareholder Agreements With Interspousal Contracts

When you sit down to discuss a Unanimous Shareholder Agreement (“USA”) with a certain corporate lawyer at our office, you are likely…

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6 Things You Must Know About Your Trade-Mark: Part 4

We’ve talked about registered and unregistered trade-marks in the first instalments of this series. This post will concentrate on the registered variety.…

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6 Things You Must Know About Your Trade-Mark: Part 3

In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series we offhandedly mentioned that trade-marks might be registered or they might not. If…

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6 Things You Must Know About Your Trade-Mark: Part 2

Bulldog Bag Ltd. made, not surprisingly, bags. Specifically, they manufactured plastic and paper bags under the brand name “Marathon”. They registered the…

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6 Things You Must Know About Your Trade-Mark: Part 1

You’ve joined the big leagues. Alongside Coke, Honda and Microsoft rests your brand new trade-mark. Sure, it will take a few years…

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SGI Dodges A Bullet – Sort Of

Teresa Wilson was awarded punitive damages and costs on a solicitor-client basis against SGI for the way that it handled her claim…

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Election Campaigning In Condominiums

Note: The rules and law may have changed since this article was first published. It is provided for archival purposes but you…

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The Modernization of Saskatchewan’s Debt Collection Laws

In the past, judgment enforcement law was found in many uncoordinated and dated statutes. Changes to Saskatchewan legislation modernized and centralized the…

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Construction Liens in Saskatchewan

Note: The rules and law may have changed since this article was first published. It is provided for archival purposes but you…

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How Private Are Employer-Provided Electronic Devices?

Employers often provide employees with computers, tablets and smart phones to use while performing their duties. These are usually intended to fulfill…

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Business And Piracy Lessons From The 18th Century

Eli Whitney is a name that most of us remember from elementary school as the inventor of the cotton gin. The gin…

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