A few new Canadian competition, advertising and regulatory law books caught my eye recently including:
The Canadian Marketing Law Handbook, 2nd ed. (H. Lue & S. Punniyamoorthy) (Carswell). See: Carswell – Newly Published.
There are several forms of intellectual property law that are associated with marketing and advertising law. These include patents, trade-marks, copyright and industrial designs. Generally, trade-mark and copyright law have had the most impact when it comes to marketing and advertising issues. The introductory chapters discuss various types of intellectual property law. The remaining chapters provide an IP perspective on advertising and marketing issues including the personality rights, comparative advertising, grey marketing and counterfeit goods, pharmaceutical advertising, Quebec advertising, advertising standards, packaging, Internet advertising and ambush marketing. Canadian Marketing Law Handbook, Second Edition provides a practical handbook as well as an update on the possible remedies that can be used by the legal practitioner in cases involving advertising and marketing issues.
Defamation Law: A Primer (R.E. Brown) (Carswell). See: Carswell – Newly Published.
Defamation Law: A Primer provides basic and concise coverage of the substantive law of defamation. Raymond E. Brown, the author of The Law of Defamation in Canada, 2nd Edition, articulates both the diversity and similarity of the common law of defamation in Canada, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States. He has included the leading decisions in each of these countries, and quotes extensively from leading jurists. This book also includes a chapter outlining the impact of the United States constitution on the law of defamation, as well as a chapter devoted to recommending a variety of changes in the law.
Annotated Investment Canada Act (O. Wakil) (Carswell) (November 2012). See: Annotated Investment Canada Act.
Federal Access to Information and Privacy Legislation Annotated 2013 (annual) (C. Me, M.W. Drapeau, M. Racicot) (Carswell). See: Carswell – Newly Published.
2012 Annotated Ontario Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Acts (annual) (D. Goodis & A. Knight) (Carswell). See: Carswell – Newly Published.
The annotations in The 2012 Annotated Ontario Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Acts are organized around the various sections of the provincial Act. Following the text of each section there is a general Commentary, a description of Related Provisions in the provincial Act and, under the heading Municipal Information and Privacy Act, a reference to the equivalent section of MFIPPA and a note of any differences it may exhibit, as well as a description of the related provisions of that Act.
Halsbury’s Laws of Canada – Trade-marks, Passing Off and Unfair Competition (2012 reissue). See: LexisNexis – Just Published.
Halsbury’s Trade-marks, Passing Off and Unfair Competition – 2012 Reissue sets out the law governing Trade-marks in Canada, as governed by the Trade-marks Act, as well as the law pertaining to the common law and statutory remedy of passing off. Authored by two of Canada’s leading intellectual property experts, this title is an important and authoritative resource for Canadian legal practitioners.
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