According to a Federal Court of Canada ruling, the store’s name and signage were too close to that of Subway and the use of a mascot in the shape of a subway sandwich filled with cannabis leaves and with bloodshot eyes damaged the U.S.
Subway subsequently sued the Budway Cannabis and Wellness Store, William Matovu and the Atlantic Compassion Club Society.
“The Instagram posts reproduced … show the use by “budwayonclark” of a “mascot” in the form of a submarine sandwich filled with cannabis leaves, with what are apparently bloodshot and half-opened eyes.
McHaffie ordered the business and Matovu to stop selling, distributing and advertising with the trade name Budway.
The company must pay damages of $15,000 plus court costs of $25,000.
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