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Vancouver Career College Files for Leave to Appeal Keyword Advertising Decision to the Supreme Court of Canada

Vancouver Career College has applied for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal on a case of passing off brought by Vancouver Community College. The case involved Vancouver Career College’s use of the domain name “VCCollege.ca” and Google advertising keywords “VCC” and “Vancouver Community College”. The British Columbia Court of Appeal’s decision, which overturned the trial court’s decision and found in favour of Vancouver Community College, is discussed here.

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