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TRAVEL LEADERS expunged for abandonment and punitive damages awarded

  • 02 mai 2023
  • Will Boyer

The Travel Leaders trademark has been contentious between these two parties for over a decade. In this decision, TLG succeeded in having the trademark expunged and obtained nominal damages for passing off of another trademark, punitive damages and costs from Ontario Inc.

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Case summary: Federal Court affirms refusal of application despite coexistence agreement

  • 02 mai 2023
  • David Bowden

The decision involves the refusal, by the Registrar of Trademarks, to approve an application to register the trademark TRIBAL CHOCOLATE in association with hair products. The Registrar refused the application on the basis of its finding that the trademark was likely to be confused with the trademark TRIBAL, which had been previously registered by a third party in association with similar goods.

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Case summary: Federal Court finds new material evidence filed on appeal sufficient to partially restore goods and services registered in association with MASTER SADDLE trademarks

  • 02 mai 2023
  • David Bowden

This decision involves an appeal of summary non-use cancellation proceedings, pursuant to section 45 of the Trademarks Act, in which all of the registered goods and most of the registered services were deleted from two of the Applicant’s registrations for MASTER SADDLES (in word and design form).

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Case summary: Registration of trademark maintained after expungement by registrar

  • 02 mai 2023
  • Cindy Bélanger

This is an appeal from the Registrar of Trademarks’ decision expunging the mark NAVIGATOR (registered for chemicals for use in the manufacture of paper products) pursuant to section 45 of the Trademarks Act. The additional evidence filed by the Applicant on appeal was found to be material and as such the Court proceeded on a de novo basis.

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Case summary: Federal Court adds inventor to two Canadian patents

  • 26 avril 2023
  • Kathryn Zanetti

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. brought an application, seeking to add Dr. Mark J. Evans as an inventor to Canadian Patent No. 2,645,810 [the “810 Patent”] and Canadian Patent No. 3,022,097 [the “097 Patent”]. The Court granted the application and added Dr. Evans as an inventor.

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Case summary: Federal Court refuses consolidation of PM(NOC) actions

  • 26 avril 2023
  • Kathryn Zanetti

Takeda brought a motion to consolidate two actions commenced under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations, SOR/93-133. The parties agreed that if the actions were consolidated the trial dates would need to be postponed. The motion was dismissed.

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