Owner of Budway pot shop in Vancouver ordered to pay $40K after copying Subway's branding

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The owner of a Vancouver pot shop has been ordered to pay $40,000 to Subway for having copied its branding and logo.

In a decision last week, the Federal Court ruled the Budway cannabis dispensary in East Vancouver had infringed on Subway’s trademark logo and that the shop was benefiting from its association with the eponymous sandwich shop while damaging its brand.

Photos of the pot sandwich mascot and the Budway logo are still up on the shop’s Instagram page as of publishing this article, four days after the ruling was made. The shop, Budway, Cannabis & Wellness Store and owner William Matovu have been ordered to pay $15,000 in damages to Subway and $25,000 to cover Subway’s legal fees. Budway has also been ordered to destroy any “goods, packaging, labels and advertising material” that bear its logo.

 

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Owner was too high ad hungry when thinking of brand and logo.

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Yeah thats a little hard to defend. The 'way' looks exactly like subways logo.

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This is hilarious😂😂 cant get away with anything in our world anymore. Who the hell cares.

I find it difficult to believe that Subway was able to prove actual monetary loss and assign it a dollar value. Money buys the best lying lawyers. 🤔

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