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

  • 19 mai 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

  • 19 mai 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

  • 14 mai 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

  • 14 mai 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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