This decision was an assessment of costs. In the underlying decision, the Federal Court (“Court”) assessed Travel Leaders Group’s claims of invalidity on the basis of material misstatement as to the date of first use, abandonment and bad faith under ss 18(1)(a), (c), and (e) of the Trademarks Act, respectively.

This decision concerned a motion by the Plaintiffs under Rule 36 of the Federal Courts Rules to request a six-month adjournment of the trial of the underlying trademark action. The Plaintiffs requested the adjournment on the basis that its recently retained expert witness needed additional time to prepare her report.

The defendants, Binal Patel and Balsam Day Spa brought an ultimately unsuccessful motion for summary trial within the context of an action for trademark and copyright infringement. The Federal Court held that summary trial was appropriate, found that infringement had occurred, and dismissed the defendants’ counterclaim. Having been unable to reach an agreement on costs, the parties provided submissions to the Court.

In this copyright infringement lawsuit, self-represented Plaintiff, Mr. Johnson, filed a motion seeking various remedies against several defendants, including professional tennis players and Tennis Canada. The case involved a dispute over copyright issues, and Associate Judge Coughlan was appointed to handle the matter. Mr. Johnson's motion aimed to appeal the decision made by Associate Judge Coughlan on January 11, 2023.

This case involved two business partners, Lazare Boubala and Mussa Siddiqui Khwaja, who in 2019, opened “Lazare’s BBQ House,” an African charcoal barbeque restaurant in Ottawa.

In this copyright infringement proceeding, the Defendants brought a second motion to compel seeking to compel answers to questions that were the subject of an earlier ruling. The earlier ruling was not appealed, and no evidence was introduced on the second motion that any fact addressed in an affidavit ordered to be produced by the Plaintiff on the first motion was unknown at the time of initial examination.

In this matter, the Court dealt with unauthorized rebroadcasting of programs, the copyright of which was owned by the Plaintiffs.

This is the first stage of a contempt proceeding between Bell Media and two individuals and their corporation who are accused of infringing the copyright of Bell and other rightsholders by providing unlawful IP tv services.

In the context of a patent infringement action, a motion was brought to compel answers to certain discovery questions.

In the context of a patent infringement action, the parties brought a number of motions that were decided by the Court, and costs were ordered. This decision relates to the assessment of those costs.