Pictures from Canada

Canada, like many other countries, considers "taking unfair advantage" of a trademark to be a distinct problem, making it less favorable to parody and other uses than the U.S. as a matter of formal law.  What difference does that make in practice?  From what I've seen, it means that grocery stores/pharmacies don't carry house brands that tell you they're comparable to national brands.  However, it doesn't seem to affect the T-shirt offerings of tourist traps.  (Side note: there was also more overt misogyny on offer than I would have expected.  Really, Canada?)Not quite Rolls Royce One of many John Deere alternatives--Canada also uses "fuck" more liberally at standard tourist stores MasterCard and Red Bull, sexualized Red Moose/Red Bull and Star Wars John Moose instead of John Deere; Star Wars again; and what do we think of the Montreal logo v. Adidas?  This one was everywhere Mountain Dude This one is more consumer/contract law: "no contract" is also a thing in Canada; I wonder what the law is about that Right of publicity claim for the Michael Jackson estate? Snoop Dogg or just a dog? Lady PurrPurr? Queen size? A little tramp? Too close to Superman? An entire province devoted to Pokemon Pizza Pot, Zig-Zag, Addicted, Kick Ass, Fuma National Pornographic, another John Fucking Deere, sex-based "I'm Lovin' It" and some of the aforementioned misogyny Lord of the Rinks Straight Outta Quebec Starbear logo? iTunes trade dress Canada, Coke style Angry Moose Angry Beaver