Tag: Canada Post

US Postal Service loses bid to trademark terms such as ‘first-class mail’

Posted by | Dec 10, 2005 | |

The Federal Court has tossed out a bid by the United States Postal Service to trademark such common terms as “first-class mail” in Canada. The recent ruling means Canada Post can continue to use the term and a dozen others. It had asked for a judicial review after the registrar of trademarks allowed the USPS to adopt 13 terms for use in Canada. Those terms included “priority mail,”
“first-class mail” and “signature confirmation,” as well as the USPS eagle logo. Justice Anne Mactavish ruled that because the USPS is not a public authority in Canada, it cannot use a clause in the Trademarks Act that protects official marks.

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Canada Post delivers rivals body blow – Key mail, Spring Canada feud: ‘Exclusive privilege’ for international mail delivery at issue

Posted by | Oct 31, 2005 | |

Richard Thornton, a Mississauga, Ont., business owner, is in the fight of life against Canada Post Corp. He and other operators in the 100-million dollar international mail delivery market are in danger of being shut down by the Crown corporation. Canada Post has two court rulings in its pocket giving the Crown corporation the power to put Mr. Thornton’s Key Mail International out of business after 17 years. Mr. Thornton is pinning his hopes now with the justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, to which his lawyers have sought leave to appeal. Mr. Thornton said he believes this is a new, aggressive effort on Canada Post’s to use loopholes in the law to shut down its rivals. Key Mail, along with Spring Canada, he said, is at the top of Canada Post’s hit list. Other Canada Post targets range from letter shops to Canada’s biggest printers – Quebecor World, St. Joseph and Transcontinental – which are engaged, in one way or another, in the business of handling mail destined for outside Canadian borders.

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Canada Post faces shortfall, admits pension fund is insolvent

Posted by | Oct 26, 2005 | |

Canada Post is forecasting a loss for the first time since 1994, when it began running up a string of profits following years of red ink and labour unrest. In a document tabled in the House of Commons, the post office has also disclosed its 1.1-billion dollar pension fund became insolvent as of last December and the Crown corporation was forced this year to contribute 267 million dollars to the fund to keep it viable under federal pension rules. The post office said it will return to deficit within five years unless it can adjust to the changing marketplace and growing competition. Canada Post last year transferred an initial instalment of 129 million dollars to the pension fund, a spokesman said. The post office cites exploding use of the Internet for bill payments and e-mail as a leading cause of its problems.

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Canada Post profits amid service cuts and job losses

Posted by | Oct 16, 2005 | |

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers protested outside Canada Post headquarters Sunday at noon as the corporation celebrated its 24th anniversary with job losses and closures.

Postal workers responded to Canada Post’s “let them eat cake” attitude by cutting a cake with a special anniversary message: People Before Profits.

“We want Canada Post to say no to closures, yes to first-rate service, and yes to employees who need well-paying and stable jobs,” said Deborah Bourque, President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in her speech.

Speakers from the Bloc Quebecois, the NDP, the Canadian Labour Congress, the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association and the Union of Postal Communications Employees (Public Service Alliance of Canada) spoke out against post office and plant closures during the hour long event.

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Ontario Court of appeal upholds Canada Post’s position on re-mailers

Posted by | Sep 12, 2005 | |

Canada Post announced today that the Ontario Court of Appeal has unanimously upheld Canada Post Corporation’s exclusive privilege to collect, transmit and deliver letters in Canada, including letters from Canada to the rest of the world. Mr Justice Robert Blair delivered the unanimous decision of the court dismissing the appeal by Key Mail International Inc. who challenged Canada Post’s exclusive statutory privilege under the Canada Post Corporation Act with respect to the collection, transmission and delivery of mail in Canada. The issue was whether Canada Post’s exclusive privilege prohibits others from collecting and/or transmitting letters within Canada for purposes of delivery to destinations outside of Canada.

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