Presentation: copyright issues in tattoos

Presentation: copyright issues in tattoos

Hi everyone, Please find attached Holly and my presentation on copyright issues in tattoos: IP presentation – Copyright Issues in Tattoos In the first part we go over provisions, some hypotheticals, and copyright issues as they relate to tattoos. In the second part we discuss the emergence of tattoo passes and their implementation.   Hellen […]

(Mr) Potato Head Rebranding

(Mr) Potato Head Rebranding

Hi everyone, Recently I came across the news of Mr Potato Head’s gender neutral rebranding by dropping the “mister”. As the article notes however, this is a qualified “sort of” rebranding. Despite announcing that they will drop the “mister” and “missus”, Hasbro will be keeping and continuing to sell the Mr and Mrs Potato Head […]

Brands – what are they? – chewing gums and their invented names

Brands – what are they? – chewing gums and their invented names

I was sitting at my desk zoning out when it struck me that the pack of Wrigley’s Excel gum I had in my line of vision shared the same name with Microsoft’s Excel. I wondered if there were any IP issues so I did a search on Canada’s IP database, which revealed that there were […]