April 1 - June 30

1. Court Finds Infringement and Induced Infringement of Hockey Skate Patent
   Bauer Hockey Corp. v. Easton Sports Canada Inc., 2010 FC 361 (Gauthier, J.)
    
2. Tacking on “au Canada” Not Enough to Ground Jurisdiction
   Laboratoires Quinton Internationale S.L. v. 9134-3954 Québec Inc. 2010 FC 358 (de Montigny, J.)
    
3. Anton Piller Order Set Aside Due to Insufficient Evidence and Improper use of “John Doe” Proceeding
   Vinod Chopra Films Private Limited and Reliance Mediaworks (USA) Inc. v. John Doe, 2010 FC 387 (Hughes, J.)
    
4. Court Allows Letter of Credit to be Posted as Security for Costs
   Highland Produce Ltd. v. Egg Farmers of Canada, 2010 FC 401 (Lafrenière, Proth.)
    
5. Court Denies Motion to Keep NOA Confidential
   Pfizer Canada Inc. v. Novopharm Limited 2010 FC 409 (Milczynski, Proth.)
    
6. No Palpable and Overriding Error Made by the Court in a Trade-mark Case
   Miranda Aluminum Inc. v. Miranda Windows & Doors Inc., 2010 FCA 104 (Noël, J.A., Evans, J.A., Dawson, J.A.)
    
7. Appeal of an Order Denying a Motion to Provide Oral Testimony
   Canadian Supplement Trademark Ltd. v. Petrillo, 2010 FC 421 (Mosley, J.)
    
8. Removal of Alternate Supplier Identified in ANDS is not a Material Change to the factual basis for NOA.
   Astrazeneca Canada Inc. et. al v. Apotex and The Minister of Health, 2010 FCA 111 (Noël, J.A., Dawson, J.A., Stratas J.A.)
    
9. Claims Of Current Or Future Infringement Must Be Based On Evidentiary Foundation And Cannot Be Speculative
   AstraZeneca Canada, Inc., IPR Pharmaceuticals, Inc., AstraZeneca UK Limited, and Shionogi Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha v. Novopharm Limited, 2010 FCA 112 (Noel, J.A., Pelletier, J.A., Dawson, J.A.)
    
10. The Deemed Abandonment of a Patent Application Does Not Violate the Bill of Rights
    M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Ltd. v. The Commissioner of Patents, 2010 FC 441 (de Montigny, J.)
     
11. Appeal from a Case Management Prothonotary
    T-Mobile USA, Inc. v. Telus Corporation, 2010 FC 455 (Gibson, J.)
     
12. A Trade-mark’s Reputation May Not Be Established by Sales Figures Alone
    Scott Paper Limited v. Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP, 2010 FC 478 (O’Keefe, J.)
     
13. Court Rejects Opposition of WRANGLER Mark Based on Lack of Confusion
    Wrangler Apparel Corp. v. Big Rock Brewery Limited Partnership, 2010 FC 477 (O’Keefe, J.)
     
14. Setting a Date for Disclosure to be Completed
    Apotex Inc. v. Sanofi-Aventis, 2010 FC 481 (Tabib, Proth.)
     
15. Assessment of Costs Related to Experts
    Sanofi-Aventis Canada Inc. v. Pharmascience Inc. 2010 FC 534 (Preston, Assessment Officer)
     
16. 30 Second Previews of Music Fair Dealing
    Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Bell Canada et al., 2010 FCA 123 (Létourneau, J.A., Nadon, J.A., and Pelletier, J.A.)
     
17. Refusal of Tariffs for Internet Simulcasts and “Other Sites” Upheld by Court
    Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Bell Canada et al., 2010 FCA 139 (Létourneau, J.A., Nadon, J.A., and Pelletier, J.A.)
     
18. A Compendium May Consist of Many Volumes of Material
    Eli Lilly Canada Inc. v. Novopharm Ltd., 2010 FCA 130 (Sharlow J.A.)
     
19. Confidential Review of a Confidential Decision by the Minister
    Novopharm Ltd. v. Canada (Minister of Health), 2010 FC 566 (Aalto, Proth.)
     
20. Questions Posed by a Prothonotary Cannot be Considered Clearly Wrong if the Relevance of the Questions Requires Further Determinations by the Trial Judge
    j2 Global Communications, Inc. and Catch Curve Inc. v. Protus IP Solutions Inc., 2010 FC 572 (Mainville, J.)
     
21. Standard of Review of Prothonotary’s Findings on Objections at Discovery
    Eurocopter c. Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limitée, 2010 CF 579 (Martineau, J.)
     
22. Costs in a Discontinued Patent Action
    Rachalex Holdings Inc. v. W & M Wire & Metal Products Ltd. 2010 FC 585 (Parent, Assessment Officer)
     
23. Successful Appeal of the Granting of a Bifurcation Order
    Garford Pty Ltd. v. Dywidag Systems International, Canada, Ltd. et al. 2010 FC 581 (Zinn, J.)
     
24. Court Reduces Costs Claimed Despite Conduct to Lengthen Proceedings
    Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. v. Farleyco Marketing Inc., 2010 FC 597 (Preston, Assessment Officer)
     
25. A Patent Action Involving a Seal Assembly Combination
    Weatherford Canada Ltd. et al v. Corlac Inc. 2010 FC 602 (Phelan, J.)
     
26. Federal Court Awards Significant Damages for Copyright Infringement of Karaoke Works
    Entral Group International Inc. et al. v. Mcue Enterprises Corp., et al., 2010 FC 606
    (Russell, J.)
     
27. Stay of Judgment Pending Disposition of the Appeal and Cross-appeal of Copyright Infringement and Passing Off Claim
    Paul Cheung and Lions Communications Inc. v. Target Event Production Ltd., 2010 FCA149 (Sharlow, J.A.)
     
28. Motion to Strike U.S. Based Evidence on the Grounds of Irrelevance
    The Chamberlain Group v. Lynx Industries Inc. 2010 FC 610 (Lafrenière, Proth.)
     
29. Appeal and Cross Appeal of an Order Granting a Motion to Set Aside Prohibition Orders
    Pharmascience Inc. v. Aventis Pharma Inc. et al., 2010 FCA 153 (Sharlow, J.A. with Nadon, J.A. and Layden-Stevenson, J.A.)
     
30. Assessment of Costs Where the Plaintiff Unilaterally Discontinued an Action
    Peerless Limited v. Aspen Custom Trailers Inc., 2010 FC 618 (Stinson, Assessment Officer)
     
31. No Sound Prediction but Obvious to Try
    Pfizer Canada Inc., et al  v. Ratiopharm Inc., et al. 2010 FC 612 (Kelen, J.)
     
32. Relevance of Documents in Examination at Discovery
    Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limitée c. Eurocopter (2010 CAF 142) (Blais, J., Létourneau, J., Pelletier, J.)
     
33. Battle of the Valves!
    JAG Flocomponents N.A. v. Archmetal Industries Corporation 2010 FC 627 (Phelan, J.)
     
34. Contempt of Court in Trade-mark Case is a Serious Offence
    9038-3746 Quebec Inc., 9014-5731 Quebec Inc., Adam Cerrelli, Carmelo Cerrelli v. Microsoft Corporation, 2010 FCA 151 (Létourneau, J.A., Noël, J.A. and Trudel, J.A.)
     
35. Costs Relevant to an Action and Unreasonable Air Travel Costs Denied by Assessment Officer for a Judicial Review Matter
    Canadian Private Copying Collective v. Fuzion Technology Corp. et al., 2010 FC 626 (Perrier, Assessment Officer)
     
36. Federal Court Refused to Strike Abuse Allegations Raised in Defence to an Impeachment Action where Allegations in Impeachment Action were Previously raised in Prior PMNOC Proceeding
    Apotex v. Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals 2010 FC 633 (Aalto, Proth.)
     
37. Judge Recuses Himself From a Redetermination
    Janssen-Ortho Inc. v. Apotex Inc. 2010 FC 643 (Shore, J.)
     
38. Court of Appeal Agreed That a Patent Did Not Meet the Eligibility Test in Paragraph 4(2)(b) of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations
    Bayer Inc. v. Canada (Health) 2010 FCA 161 (Sharlow, J., Dawson, J., Trudel, J.)
     
39. An Injunction Restraining the Sale and Distribution of Infringing Products Is Not Limited to the Products at Issue at Trial
    Weatherford Canada Ltd. et al. v. Corlac et al. 2010 FC 667 (Phelan, J.)
     
40. Appeal From a Motion Denying NOA Confidentiality
    Pfizer Canada Inc. et al. v. Novopharm Limited et al., 2010 FC 668 (Crampton, J.)
     
41. Court Holds Defendants to Agreement Made at Pre-Trial Conference
    Wenzel Downhole Tools Ltd. et al. v. National-Oilwell Canada Ltd. et al., 2010 FC 669 (Lafrenière, Proth.)
     
42. Double Patenting Assessed at the time of an Application Hearing under the PM(NOC) Regulations
    Sandoz Canada Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories, 2010 FCA 168 (Dawson, J.A.)
     
43. When is Section 8 of the PM(NOC) Regulations Triggered?
    Janssen-Ortho v. Apotex 2010 FC 711 (Hughes, J.)
     
44. Appeal Allowed from a Decision of the Registrar of Trade-Marks Related to the Registrability of a Certification Mark
    Cyprus (Commerce and Industry) v. Producteurs laitiers du Canada, 2010 FC 719 (de Montigny, J.)