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Case Summary: Motion to strike testimony given at trial granted in part

  • May 19, 2021
  • Cheryl Cheung

This decision dealt with a motion brought by Munchkin Inc. and Munchkin Baby Canada, Ltd. (collectively, “Munchkin”), the defendants in the main action, to strike certain testimony of two witnesses presented by the plaintiffs, Angelcare Canada Inc., Edgewell Personal Care ULC and Playtex Products, LLC (collectively, “Angelcare”) at trial.

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Case Summary: Federal Court dismisses appeal of TMOB decision rejecting ground of opposition based on resemblance to official mark

  • May 19, 2021
  • William S. Foster

Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario (“CPA Ontario”) appealed, under section 56 of the Trademarks Act, a decision of the TMOB made on behalf of the Registrar of Trademarks rejecting CPA Ontario’s opposition to an application for the mark THIS WAY TO CPA (the “Mark”) filed by the respondent, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”).

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Case Summary: Obvious-to-try analysis successful in finding invalidity

  • May 14, 2021
  • Mackenzie Jamieson

Janssen brought this infringement action against Apotex pursuant to section 6(1) of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations. The patent at issue, the ‘422 Patent, related to the combination of abiraterone acetate [AA] and prednisone [PN] for the treatment of prostate cancer.

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Case Summary: Additional insight into the tests related to Anticipation and Utility

  • May 14, 2021
  • Fiona Wong and Pablo Tseng

This was an action for infringement of Canadian Patent 2,800,746 (the 746 Patent). The patent is related to pressure assisted oil recovery. Swist alleged that MEG’s use of its heavy oil extraction methods infringed the 746 Patent. MEG counterclaimed that the 746 Patent was invalid.

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Case Summary: Admitting further evidence after parties have closed their cases

  • May 14, 2021
  • Ashley Brown and Pablo Tseng

In the midst of a patent infringement trial, Videotron brought a motion to reopen the evidentiary portion of the trial to allow the parties to adduce additional expert evidence relating to accounting of profits. Both parties had presented evidence relating to the account of profits remedy using the incremental cost approach.

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Case Summary: Reconsideration of validity and infringement issues

  • May 14, 2021
  • Fiona Wong and Pablo Tseng

In the original action (see 2018 FC 259), Hospira sought to impeach Canada Patent No. 2,261,630 (the 630 Patent). Kennedy Trust counterclaimed for infringement of that patent, which provided treatment to patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other autoimmune disorders who did not respond properly to common drugs (IRs).

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Case summary: Federal Court awards declaratory and injunctive relief and $25,000 in punitive damages in trademark infringement action

  • May 14, 2021
  • Jenny Thistle

Canadian Standards Association (“CSA”) sought declaratory and injunctive relief and an award of damages against Pharma Plastic Industries Inc., alleging Pharma Plastic manufactured, distributed, offered for sale and sold in Canada pharmaceutical vials and caps bearing the CSA’s registered trademarks without permission or license.

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