July 1 - September 30

1. Ester Prodrug a Non-Obvious and Useful Invention
   Hoffman-La Roche Ltd. v. Apotex Inc.  2011 FC 875 (O’Reilly J.) 
    
2. Federal Court of Appeal Re-Affirms Principles of Utility
   Eli Lilly and Company v. Teva Canada Limited (formerly known as Novopharm Limited), 2011 FCA 220 (Evans, Noel and Dawson, JJ.A.)
    
3. Allegations Relating to Foreign Litigation Largely Not Permitted in Pleading 
   Astrazeneca Canada v. Apotex, 2011 FC 862 (Hughes, J.)
    
4. Court Upholds Previous Rulings that a Final Action Must Contain All Issues
   Bartley v. Commissioner of Patents 2011 FC 873 (Hughes, J.)
    
5. The “Watchdog” PMPRB Gets Bitten on Judicial Review
   Sanofi Pasteur Ltd. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2011 FC 859 (Gauthier, J.)
    
6. Rule 402 costs cannot be dispensed with by an Assessment Officer
   Precision Door & Gate Service Ltd. v. Precision Holdings of Brevard, Inc., 2011 FC 879 (Charles Stinson, Assessment Officer)
    
7. Section 73 of the Patent Act not Available after a Patent has Issued
   Corlac Inc. v. Weatherford Canada Inc., 2011 FCA 228 (Layden-Stevenson, Nadon, Evans, JJ.A).
    
8. Trade-mark Expunged for Lack of Evidence of Use
   Fraser Sea Food Corp. v. Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP 2011 FC 893 (Harrington, J.)
    
9. Production of Product and Manufacturing Information Denied
   Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada Co. et al v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals ULC et al 2011 FC 919 (Mactavish, J.)
    
10. Applicant’s Motion for Converting an ‘Application’ to An ‘Action’ Dismissed
    BBM Canada v. Research in Motion Ltd., 2011 FC 960 (Aalto, P.)
     
11. “It’s no use,” according to TMOB.  Federal Court disagrees and allows appeal. 
    Hortilux Schreder B.V. v. Iwasaki Electric Co. Ltd. 2011 FC 967 (Russell, J.)
     
12. Expungement of Trade-mark Upheld
    Archmetal Industries Corporation  v. Jag Flocomponents N.A., 2011 FCA 235 (Sharlow, Stratas, Pelletier, JJ.A.)
     
13. Error in Construction of Promise Means Appeal Granted
    Apotex Inc. v. Pfizer Canada Inc. 2011 FCA 236 (Sharlow, J.A., Trudel J.A., and Stratas J.A.)
     
14. Unclaimed Trust Funds Ordered to be Paid to Law Society
    Connolly Contractors Limited v. Beer Precast Concrete Limited, 2011 FC 1001 (Shore, J.)
     
15. Patents are Directed to Persons of Skill, Not Lawyers
    Phostech Lithium Inc. v. Valence Technology Inc., 2011 FCA 237
    (Sexton, Layden-Stevenson & Stratas JJ.A.)
     
16. Proof of Actual Damages of Trade-mark Infringement and Passing-off not Required for Default Judgment
    Pick v. 1180475 Alberta Ltd. et al., 2011 FC 1008 (Shore, J.)
     
17. Order of Prohibition Granted
    AstraZeneca Canada Inc. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals ULC, 2011 FC 1023 (Rennie, J.)
     
18. Discovery of Internet Service Providers Orders
    Voltage Pictures LLC v. John Doe, 2011 CF 1024 (Shore, J.)
     
19. Federal Court of Appeal Upholds Decision Finding THE SPIRIT OF CUBA Deceptively Misdescriptive for Dominican Rum
    Ron Matusalem & Matusa of Florida Inc. v. Havana Club Holding Inc., S.A., 2011 FCA 244 (Nadon, Trudel and Mainville JJ.A.)
     
20. Clearly descriptive trade-mark not registrable
    Interactive Sports Technologies Inc. v. The Attorney General of Canada, 2011 FCA 261 (Sharlow, Layden-Stevenson, and Stratas, JJ.A.)
     
21. “SOCAN can’t have its cake and eat it too” – Election of Statutory Damages is Waiver of Right to Pursue Claim for Provisional License Fees and Interest Accrued Thereon.
    Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. IIC Enterprises Ltd. C.O.B. as Cheetah’s Night Club., 2011 FC 1088 (Lafrenière, Prothonotary)
     
22. Motion to Coordinate the Appeals of Interlocutory Decisions
    Dywidag Systems International, Canada, Ltd. v. Garford Pty Ltd., 2011 FCA 264 (Mainville J.A.)