The Defendants’ use of the Plaintiffs’ registered trademarks ENERGIZER and ENERGIZER MAX in comparative advertising on packaging labels or stickers for the very products listed in the registrations contravenes section 22 of the Trademarks Act.

Janssen sought judicial review of a finding of the Office of Submissions and Intellectual Property that Canadian Patent No. 3,113,837 was ineligible to be added to the Patent Register against STELARA with respect to two supplemental new drug submissions.

Burberry Limited and Chanel Limited (“Plaintiffs”) brought an action in Federal Court against Juvilyn Ward and Kevin Ward (“Defendants”), for importing, offering for sale and selling counterfeit BURBERRY and CHANEL clothing and fashion accessories.

After a decision in which the Federal Court found infringement of two patents and issued an injunction against GreenBlue, DeepRoot brought contempt proceedings in the Federal Court in respect of GreenBlue’s “design-around.”

In this decision, the Court of Appeal considered an appeal of a finding of patent infringement and validity, and a cross-appeal of the judgment awarding compensation on the basis of a reasonable royalty.

The Defendant in a patent action, Sandoz Canada Inc., brought a motion to compel the Plaintiffs, Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd and Boehringer Ingelheim International GMBH, to answer questions refused on the discovery of inventors under Rule 237(4) of the Federal Courts Rules (the “Rules”).

Federal Court of Appeal affirms Federal Court decision in a copyright infringement case

This case revolved around a copyright infringement dispute involving three streaming services operated by the appellants.

The Respondent initiated a summary cancellation proceeding under section 45 of the Trademarks Act, RSC 1985 c T-13 (the “TMA”) against the Applicant (“NBCL”) for their registered mark “NORTH BREWING.” The Registrar of Trademarks sent the cancellation notice of NBCL’s registered mark on May 31, 2021.

This motion under Rule 414 of the Federal Courts Act was for an order to fix “the Court approved post-judgment interest rate” and amend a prior Certificate of Assessment.