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U.S. Supreme Court adopts rule protecting a trademark licensee’s ability to use a trademark after a bankrupt licensor’s rejection of the license

This past May, in a highly-anticipated decision, the Supreme Court held in Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC that a debtor’s rejection of an executory contract under Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code has the same effect as a breach of contract outside of bankruptcy.

USA, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Trademarks, Mintz, Debtor, Supreme Court of the United States
Where do we go from here? Alberta Court approves renouncement of AER-licensed assets by Trustees and Receivers to avoid monetary environmental obligations

The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench has released its highly anticipated decision in Redwater Energy Corporation (Re), 2016 ABQB 278 (“Redwater”).

Canada, Alberta, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 1985 (Canada)
2015 in Review: Top 10 Judicial Decisions of Import to the Canadian Oil and Gas Industry

Last year’s list of the top ten judicial decisions of import to the Canadian Oil and Gas Industry (found here) illustrated that 2014 was a high-water mark for important judicial decisions affecting the oil and gas industry.  In 2015, we have seen several of the key 2014 cases applied, confirmed or addressed, in particular in relation to Aboriginal title, contract interpr

Canada, Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP