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Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:19:59 +0000

[...] with an individual who had trademarked the term “Welcome to Parry Sound”. The full story can be read here. We have kept an eye on the situation and decided that it would be of interest to some of you to do [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:40:29 +0000

And victory belongs to the snowmobile club!!! The lawsuit has been dropped after the courts threw Slaters preposterous claim out and Slater has declined to press forward in the federal courts.He was advised that he did not have a hope in hell of winning!

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 21:41:44 +0000

Slater was too cheap to hire a lawyer so he represented himself. You know what they say…”A man who represents himself has a fool for a client.”

By: Unfrivolous

Unfrivolous — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:39:38 +0000

Firstly- I want to commence by stating that I am solely voicing my opinion and would appreciate that the person named in the above-mentioned blog is aware, because I like to give notice, and lots of it; no worries, no lawsuit ahead, that I am protected by the Charter of Rights. Carrying on, to continue: (sad that I have to cover my own ass on a blog)

What I find really amusing is that the owner of this company has made a specific remark about us focusing on another problem (HST). I guess your realizing that bad pr and and not so great response to your greed resulted in a not so good future outcome with respect to business dealings.

You may have been granted legal ownership of a Trademark, for now- but you will not get the vote when it comes down to it. If you do get the vote- better acknowledge that you may want to invest your settlement because it will probably be the last money you see given the above-mentioned outcome. a good 23K may get you going for a year , if careful.cots- up in the air- and very limited I bet.

I am wondering about this comment about HST: is it because your lawyer’s bill is swimming with the new beloved tax and that it’s fascinatingly costing you more per hour to defend your greed? It is irony that this all seems to happen at the same time. Kind of euphoric for some.

And the DOS-like get-up has go to go.. let’s work together to get that website a little vamped up with some style. You can do much better than use Paint- Try publisher programs for enhancement and ideas- it’s a handy too- they are even teaching it to the children in school. You may want to hire an grade 8 apprentice to help you out.

By: Natalie

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By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:22:39 +0000

Parry Sound should sue this guy for fraud for using the town’s name to extort money from people. Anyone sued by this guy should countersue for legal expenses. One might even sue him for defamation for his assertions that other people are breaking the law.

Copyright law protects writing, but it doesn’t protect, say, the title of a book. Trademark law protects branding information, but with a lot of caveats. Donald Trump’s trademark of the words “You’re Fired” might prevent another employment-based reality show from using that as a signature phrase but wouldn’t do more than that. A trademark only protects the value of the brand, i.e. the goodwill a business has accumulated for what it actually does. If there’s no business behind the trademark there are no damages to sue for. A business that is unwise enough to trademark a generic phrase is very limited in its ability to try to apply its trademark; the onus of proof is on the trademark owner to prove that someone else’s use of the phrase represents its business instead of just being a generic use.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:16:27 +0000

All of his friends support him….oh wait,that’s still nobody.

By: Randy Higgins

Randy Higgins — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:26:54 +0000

Mr Slater has no support. Not in the media, nor the general public. Nobody has stepped forth and said, “Wait a minute, what this guy is doing is right!”.
Nobody.
Nada.
Zilch.
Zippo.
Nobody supports him because they know that what he is doing is both legally and ethically wrong.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:59:23 +0000

It will now be moved to federal court where Slater will find that it’s not so easy to push people around….

By: Shane

Shane — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:49:33 +0000

Ive known people who worked for that guy many times over the years. Total duche. He wont win in the end because of the obvious ridiculous-ness of his claim. All he is doing is throwing his own money away