Mattel Inc v 3894207 Canada Inc the marketplace. 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
Dixons Retail its Stevenage distribution centre. In February 1993, Dixons bought Vision Technology Group (VTG), operating under the PC World brand at Croydon, Lakeside Shopping Centre, Brentford and Staples Corner. Later that year, the company sold VTG's mail order division, Dixons US Holdings Inc and Supasnaps. The company opened its first duty free store at Heathrow Terminal 3 in 1994, and later that year launched phone store The Link, the company's first venture into communications. The company's head office was relocated to Hemel Hempstead. In November 1996, Dixons bought DN Computer Services, a computer reseller business. It also acquired the retail assets