Mattel Inc v 3894207 Canada Inc Mattel Inc v 3894207 Canada Inc Mattel Inc v 3894207 Canada Inc is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the infringement of famous trade-mark names. The Court found that Mattel Inc. could not enforce the use of their trade-marked name "BARBIE" against a restaurant named "Barbie's". Barbie’s restaurant, a Montreal chain of "bar-and-grill" type restaurants catering primarily to adults, applied to register the trade-mark "Barbie’s" and an associated design with respect to "restaurant services, take-out services, catering and banquet services." Mattel Inc. owns the "Barbie" trade-mark, and has a worldwide reputation for Barbie dolls and accessories
Hall Street Associates, L.L.C. v. Mattel, Inc. exceptions, such as "manifest disregard for the law." Previously, the Eighth Circuit had recognized "manifest disregard" as a grounds to vacate an arbitration award, defining manifest disregard as when "the arbitrators were fully aware of the existence of a clearly defined governing legal principle, but refused to apply it, in effect, ignoring it." However, after the Supreme Court passed its ruling in "Hall Street", the Eighth Circuit held that even manifest disregard is not a sufficient grounds to vacate an arbitration award. Hall Street Associates, L.L.C. v. Mattel, Inc. Hall Street Associates, L.L.C. v. Mattel, Inc., 552 U.S. 576 (2008),