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Case summary: Lump sum costs award for patent infringement action

  • 09 novembre 2020
  • David Chapman

Bauer Hockey Ltd. brought an action for patent infringement against Sport Maska Inc., doing business as CCM Hockey. This action, was ultimately unsuccessful (see Bauer Hockey Ltd. v. Sport Maska Inc. (CCM Hockey), 2020 FC 624). The court initially reserved on the issue of costs, which was addressed by this decision.

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Case summary: Calculation of damages for copyright infringement

  • 28 octobre 2020
  • Hung Nguyen, Deeth Williams Wall LLP

In a previous motion for summary judgement, the Federal Court of Canada held that the defendants were jointly and severally liable for infringing Rallysport Direct’s copyright by unlawfully reproducing and displaying RSD’s works on the website www.subiedepot.ca. The FCC then ordered that damages would be the subject of a subsequent order.

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Case summary: Not necessary for trademark owner to be identified on packaging

  • 28 octobre 2020
  • Ken Clark and Lawrence Veregin, Aird & Berlis LLP

This decision concerns an appeal of a Trademarks Opposition Board decision (2018 TMOB 157) regarding the necessity to identify a trademark owner when a trademark is used under licence and the precision of language required in a trademark’s description of wares.

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Case summary: FCA denies stay of permanent injunction during appeal of underlying case

  • 28 octobre 2020
  • Katie O’Meara, Fineberg Ramamoorthy LLP

This appeal was dealt with in writing without the appearance of the parties. The appeal concerned a motion for a stay of a judgment of the Federal Court until the Federal Court of Appeal determined the appeal. The Federal Court had found that the appellants had infringed the respondent’s patent and granted a permanent injunction. The appellants appealed and asked for an order staying the injunction, damages, interest and cost award until the appeal of the underlying decision was determined.

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Case summary: No stay of a judgment that was not time-limited

  • 26 octobre 2020
  • Cheryl Cheung

The present motion was brought in the context of an appeal from a Federal Court judgment on a judicial review application of the Minister’s decision to refuse to issue a Certificate of Supplementary Protection for Glaxo’s SHINGRIX shingles vaccine.

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Case summary: Court dismisses ‘problem-solution’ approach to claims construction

  • 26 octobre 2020
  • Pablo Tseng, McMillan LLP

[1] This is an appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents refusing Mr. Choueifaty’s patent application on the ground that the essential elements of the claimed patent fall outside the definition of ‘invention’ in section 2 of the Patent Act, RSC 1985, c P-4. [2] This appeal turns on whether the Commissioner applied the proper test when construing the essential claims of the patent application. I agree with the Appellant that she did not. This appeal must be allowed.

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