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  1. Apr 12, 2015 · There is no Trader Joe’s store in Canada, so Mike Hallatt buys supplies and hauls them north to Vancouver, where he resells them at a markup at his own store, Pirate Joe’s. Trader Joe's...

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  3. Jun 9, 2017 · The pirate north of the border has conceded defeat. After five years of buying Trader Joe's products in the U.S. and selling them at a high markup in Vancouver — and fighting a protracted legal...

  4. Oct 31, 2016 · Mike Hallatt, owner of Pirate Joe's, is in a long legal battle against Trader Joe's, which is trying to shut him down for reselling their products. Photo by NICK PROCAYLO / PNG. The...

  5. May 31, 2017 · Trader Joe's, no stranger to legal issues themselves, lawyered up big time in an effort to shut down Pirate Joe's, whose entire business model consists of buying Trader Joe's...

  6. It wasn't illegal, Trader Joe's doesn't operate in Canada so there was no loss of sales when reselling their products in Canada. The reason it was shutdown was due to Trader Joe's taking them to court and the Pirate Joe's owner not being able to afford the court fees after the first trial.

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  8. May 30, 2024 · Unfortunately, the Trader Joe’s corporation wasn’t too fond of Hallatt’s business model. In 2013, they sued Pirate Joe’s for hurting their brand and infringing on their trademark. The case was dismissed because the alleged infringement had happened in Canada, not the United States, so Hallatt couldn’t be convicted under US trademark law.

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