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Case summary: Admissibility of expert report

  • 06 fĂ©vrier 2024
  • Aarzoo Mahajan

This case involves a patent infringement action where the Plaintiff (McCain) alleges that its patent for a vegetable and fruit treatment process has been infringed by the Defendants (Simplot).

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Case summary: Civil contempt proceeding

  • 06 fĂ©vrier 2024
  • Aarzoo Mahajan

This case involves civil contempt proceedings against Antonio Macciacchera for violating court Orders related to SSTV Services.

Propriété intellectuelle

Case summary: 7294140 Canada Inc. v. Connexlogix Inc. et al

  • 03 novembre 2023
  • Shaun B. Cody

On application by the Defendant for summary judgment, the Court dismissed the claims against the individual Defendant and one of the corporate Defendants, detailing reasons why the Plaintiff has not raised any proper cause of action.

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Case summary: Federal Court refuses to amend usual order of evidence production in PM(NOC) patent actions

  • 03 novembre 2023
  • David Schnittker

In the context of two patent infringement actions under the PM(NOC) Regulations, the Defendant, Sandoz Canada Inc., brought motions for an Order requiring the Plaintiffs to serve fact evidence pertaining to the invention story of their patents, including any inventor evidence, prior to the date by which the Defendant’s in-chief expert reports on invalidity were to be served.

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Section 22 energizes plaintiffs’ comparative advertising claim

  • 02 novembre 2023
  • Peter W. Choe

The Defendants’ use of the Plaintiffs’ registered trademarks ENERGIZER and ENERGIZER MAX in comparative advertising on packaging labels or stickers for the very products listed in the registrations contravenes section 22 of the Trademarks Act.

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Federal Court grants default judgment to Burberry and Chanel

  • 01 novembre 2023
  • Hung Nguyen

Burberry Limited and Chanel Limited (“Plaintiffs”) brought an action in Federal Court against Juvilyn Ward and Kevin Ward (“Defendants”), for importing, offering for sale and selling counterfeit BURBERRY and CHANEL clothing and fashion accessories.

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Case summary: Federal Court of Appeal dismisses appeal of contempt motion

  • 01 novembre 2023
  • Chantal Saunders

After a decision in which the Federal Court found infringement of two patents and issued an injunction against GreenBlue, DeepRoot brought contempt proceedings in the Federal Court in respect of GreenBlue’s “design-around.”

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