Case Summary: Judicial review upholds interlocutory ruling by Registrar August 04, 2017 Hung Nguyen The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company v British American Tobacco (Brands) Limited, 2017 FC 436
Case summary: Trademark and copyright infringement in website August 04, 2017 Alan Macek United Airlines, Inc. v Cooperstock, 2017 FC 616 United Airlines, Inc. v Cooperstock, 2017 FC 617
Case Summary: Federal Court decides olanzapine s. 8 damages August 04, 2017 Andrew Tigchelaar Eli Lilly Canada Inc. v Teva Canada Limited, 2017 FC 88
Case Summary: Copyright registration expungement August 04, 2017 Pablo Tseng Gemstone Travel Management Systems Inc. v Graham McKenzie Andrews et al, 2017 FC 463
Case summary: Federal Court of Appeal upholds ruling on confusion August 04, 2017 Greg Moore Time Development Group Inc. & Time Development Inc. v Times Group Corporation & Times Development Inc., 2017 FCA 125.
Case Summary: Federal Court finds obviousness allegation unjustified June 12, 2017 Kiernan A. Murphy Janssen Inc. et al v Actavis Pharma Company et al
Case summary: Court decision underlines importance of filing new evidence on appeal June 12, 2017 David Bowden Mcdowell v Laverana GmbH & Co. KG
Case summary: Infringement appeal allowed in part June 12, 2017 Ken Clark Apotex Inc. and Apotex Pharmachem Inc. v Adir and Servier Canada Inc.
Case Summary: Appeal 90 per cent dismissed June 12, 2017 The well-litigated ‘693 Patent was the subject of this matter. It involves a coated omeprazole tablet that is able to travel through the gut and dissolve in the intestine, having two coatings on the tablet (an intermediate coating and an enteric coating).
Case Summary: New evidence filed on appeal had ‘tendency towards hyperbole’ June 12, 2017 David Bowden Schwan’s IP, LLC appealed from a decision of the Opposition Board which refused its application for the trademark EDWARDS & Design, on the grounds that the mark is likely to be confused with Sobeys West Inc.’s EDWARDS trademark.