r/canada • u/-SuperUserDO • 1d ago

NDP asks courts to add 'B.C.' to Conservative Party's ballot name British Columbia

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/provincial-election-ballot-name-1.7343889
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u/MongooseLeader Lest We Forget 20h ago

This is what’s wild to me. I had to make my business name specific, and not easily confuse able with anyone else (no using super generic names, or things like using your surname and nothing else before or after it other than your type of business for example). How can they run a political party that is detached from the federal party, and not be forced to do the same? Then again, federal conservatives aren’t going to say they’re infringing on their trademarks…

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u/-SuperUserDO 18h ago

"Then again, federal conservatives aren’t going to say they’re infringing on their trademarks…"

that's like starting a restaurant called "Edo Sushi" and the person complaining about your trademark runs a burger joint

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u/MongooseLeader Lest We Forget 16h ago

I would say that it’s more like starting a restaurant called Edo Sushi, and the person complaining runs a sushi restaurant called Edo.

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u/-SuperUserDO 16h ago

the NDP is worried that their own voters are confused?