This decision concerned a motion by the Plaintiffs in which they sought a “dynamic” site blocking order against the Third Party Respondents. The Plaintiffs collectively own the copyright for live broadcasts of National Hockey League (“NHL”) games in Canada.

This decision concerned an unopposed application by Mondo Foods Co Ltd (“Mondo Foods”) to enforce its family of MONDO trademarks against Les Industries TorréMonde Inc/TorreMondo Industries Inc (“TorréMonde”), which registered the TORREMONDO & Design trademark in March 2019 for use in association with the sale of coffee and related products.

Align Technology Inc. (Align) appealed a decision of the Trademark Opposition Board (TMOB), dismissing its opposition to Osstemimplant Co., Ltd.’s (Osstemimplant) application for the mark MAGICALIGN, associated with orthodontic goods. The TMOB held that confusion was unlikely between Align’s family of ALIGN marks and MAGICALIGN. The Federal Court dismissed the appeal.

The Plaintiff, Planit Software Ltd. (“Planit Software”) brought a claim against the Defendant, Mr. Beaver Inc. (“Mr. Beaver”), alleging the Defendant reproduced copies of the Plaintiff’s software, AlphaCAM and NCSIMUL.

The Plaintiff, August Image LLC (“August”), brought a claim against the Defendant, airG Inc. (“airG”), claiming that airG infringed the copyright in photographs of Jennifer Lopez when it published the photographs on its website. The photos were taken by photographer Joe Pugliese and licensed to August.

A copyright infringement action was commenced by filing a Statement of Claim on August 30, 2019, in respect of cinematographic works appearing on the Respondents’ “Pornhub websites.” The Respondents filed a motion to dismiss for delay on May 11, 2020.

The Plaintiffs brought a motion for contempt of the Court’s Judgment of the decision in Deeproot Green Infrastructure, LLC v. Grenblue UrbanNorth America Inc. 2021 FC 501, wherein the Defendant was found to have infringed the Plaintiffs’ asserted patents.

Default judgment granted in trademark infringement action

In this trademark dispute, Ledgemark sought a Protective Order containing a “counsel’s eyes only” designation. Ledgemark’s motion followed several negotiations between the parties as to how to treat confidential information exchanged between the parties, including the scope of a proposed Protective Order. The parties had agreed on the majority of the terms. However, Del Ridge did not agree to Ledgemark’s insistence on a CEO provision.

This is a motion to have the amount of costs fixed. The plaintiffs are claiming a total sum of $120,000 representing approximately 30% of the fees billed, as well as disbursements in the amount of $23,332 plus the sum of $5,000 for the present motion.