Case Summary: Federal Court awards $81,000 in compensatory and $1,000 in statutory damages for trademark infringement May 28, 2020 Kelly McClellan Biofert Manufacturing Inc. v Agrisol Manufacturing Inc. and Biofert NA Manufacturing Inc., et al., 2020 FC 379
Case Summary: Auto-injector patent found partly invalid and not infringed May 28, 2020 Cheryl Cheung Seedlings Life Science Ventures, LLC v. Pfizer Canada ULC, 2020 FC 1
Case summary: Federal Court of Appeal remits matter back to the Federal Court to reconsider issues of anticipation and obviousness May 26, 2020 Jenny Thistle Hospira Healthcare Corporation v Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research, 2020 FCA 30, 2020 FCA 31
Case summary: Federal Court of Appeal holds that appellants’ real-world conduct is influential in non-infringing alternative analysis May 26, 2020 David Schnittker Apotex Inc. v. ADIR, 2020 FCA 60
Case summary: Federal Court of Appeal clarifies test for protective orders May 22, 2020 Natasha Gulati Canadian National Railway Company v. BNSF Railway Company, 2020 FCA 45
Case summary: Costs awarded to defendants and deadline set for payment after plaintiff fails to respond to Federal Court May 22, 2020 Katie O’Meara Double Diamond Distribution, Ltd. v Crocs Canada, Inc. 2020 FC 82
Case Summary: Federal Court orders expungement of respondent’s trademark registration May 22, 2020 David Chapman Blue Seal Inc. v Poorter, 2020 FC 178
Case summary: Federal Court of Appeal confirms official marks do not provide a complete defence to infringement May 22, 2020 Matthew Boyd Ontario (Energy) v Quality Program Services Inc, 2020 FCA 53
Case summary: Federal Court finds that company did not make fair use of photographs May 21, 2020 Ken Clark and Lawrence Veregin Stross v Trend Hunter Inc, 2020 FC 201
Case summary: Appeal on procedural issues moot when main action discontinued March 16, 2020 Alan Macek Sandpiper Distributing Inc. v. Ringas,