IP Case Summaries Distinctiveness, Revisited: FC Upholds Decision of TMOB Refusing Pfizer’s Application for Trade-mark over Tablet Design April 20, 2015 Pfizer Products Inc. v. The Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association, 2015 FC 493 (Russell, J.)
IP Case Summaries Claim All or List None April 15, 2015 ViiV Healthcare ULC et al. v. Teva Canada limited et al.; ViiV Healthcare ULC et al. v. Apotex Inc. et al., 2015 FCA 93
IP Case Summaries Federal Court Upholds Prothonotary Order Determining Admissibility of Evidence April 14, 2015 Shire Canada Inc. v. Cobalt Pharmaceuticals Company, 2015 FC 458 (Locke, J.)
IP Case Summaries Certification Marks Invalidated on Grounds of Deceptively Misdescriptiveness and Lack of Distinctiveness April 14, 2015 College of Dietitians of Alberta v. 3393291 Canada Inc. carrying on business as Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, 2015 FC 449 (T-394-14) (Zinn J.)
IP Case Summaries Court Decides that Valentine Secret is not Confusing with Victoria Secret April 13, 2015 Eclectic Edge Inc. v. Victoria's Secret Stores Brand Management, Inc., 2015 FC 453 (Manson, J.)
IP Case Summaries Court Finds that Adidas’ Fame Makes Confusion between Marks Less Likely April 10, 2015 Adidas AG v. Globe International Nominees Pty Ltd., 2015 FC 443 (Manson, J.)
Federal Court Upholds Prothonotary’s Order to Answer Questions on Discovery, and Declines to Bifurcate Proceedings Prior to Plaintiff’s Election of Damages or Accounting of Profits March 30, 2015 Casella Wines PTY Limited v. Constellation Brands Canada, Inc., 2015 FC 403 (Harrington, J.)
Generic Not Yet in Market, Evidence of Inducement is Speculative March 26, 2015 Bayer Inc., et al v. Pharmaceutical Partners of Canada Inc., et al, 2015 FC 388, (Roger R. Lafrenière Prothonotary)
Terms of Settlement Enforced in Order March 24, 2015 Allergan, Inc. v Apotex Inc., 2015 FC 367 (Hughes J.)
There is no “Use” of a Trade-mark in Correspondence where the Mark is not Distinguished from the Surrounding Text March 18, 2015 Medos Services Corporation, Marathon Medical Inc., Alexander Vlasseros v. Ridout and Maybee LLP, 2015 FCA 77 (Noel C.J.)