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FCA dismisses appeal on refusal of trademark registration for confusion

  • February 06, 2024
  • Natasha Gulati

In this appeal, the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal with costs wherein the appellant sought to overturn a decision by the Federal Court affirming that the appellant’s word mark TRIBAL CHOCOLATE was not registrable because it was confusing with an already registered word mark, TRIBAL.

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Case summary: Second person successor to an NDS can rely on predecessor’s NOA

  • February 06, 2024
  • Cheryl Cheung

This case was an application for a judicial review brought by the Applicants, Bayer Inc. and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., for a review of a decision by the Minister of Health, issued through the Office of Submissions and Intellectual Property (OSIP), relating to the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) (PMNOC) Regulations.

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Case summary: Admissibility of expert report

  • February 06, 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).

Intellectual Property

Case summary: Civil contempt proceeding

  • February 06, 2024
  • Aarzoo Mahajan

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

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

  • November 03, 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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