IP Case Summaries Court Finds that Adidas’ Fame Makes Confusion between Marks Less Likely April 10, 2015 Adidas AG v. Globe International Nominees Pty Ltd., 2015 FC 443 (Manson, J.)
Federal Court Upholds Prothonotary’s Order to Answer Questions on Discovery, and Declines to Bifurcate Proceedings Prior to Plaintiff’s Election of Damages or Accounting of Profits March 30, 2015 Casella Wines PTY Limited v. Constellation Brands Canada, Inc., 2015 FC 403 (Harrington, J.)
Generic Not Yet in Market, Evidence of Inducement is Speculative March 26, 2015 Bayer Inc., et al v. Pharmaceutical Partners of Canada Inc., et al, 2015 FC 388, (Roger R. Lafrenière Prothonotary)
Terms of Settlement Enforced in Order March 24, 2015 Allergan, Inc. v Apotex Inc., 2015 FC 367 (Hughes J.)
There is no “Use” of a Trade-mark in Correspondence where the Mark is not Distinguished from the Surrounding Text March 18, 2015 Medos Services Corporation, Marathon Medical Inc., Alexander Vlasseros v. Ridout and Maybee LLP, 2015 FCA 77 (Noel C.J.)
The right to strike March 16, 2015 Read the blog post on the Supreme Court’s recent right-to-strike ruling, written by Stéphane Lacoste – member of the CBA National Labour and Employment Law Section Executive.
Omeprazole Formulation Patent Found Valid and Infringed March 16, 2015 Astrazeneca Canada Inc. v. Apotex Inc., 2015 FC 322 (Barnes, J.)
LightRecycle: Federal Court upholds Decision of Registrar to Reject Application for Composite Trade-mark as “Clearly Descriptive” March 06, 2015 Product Care Association v. The Attorney General of Canada, 2015 FC 284 (J. Harrington)
Repayment of Royalties Following Supreme Court’s Decisions on Principle of Technological Neutrality and Duplicative Tariffs March 06, 2015 Rogers v. SOCAN, 2015 FC 286 (O'Reilly J.)