CWI, Inc v Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP, 2018 FC 941 

Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. v Arctic Cat Inc., 2018 FCA 172.

Betser-Zilevitch v Nexen Inc, 2018 FC 735

Badawy v 1038482 Alberta Ltd., 2018 FC 807

AFD Petroleum Ltd v Frac Shack Inc et al, 2018 FCA 140

Safe Gaming System Inc. brought an action for infringement of Canadian patent 2,331,238, entitled Safe Gaming System. The defendants are the Nova Scotia Provincial Lotteries and Casino Corporation, the Atlantic Lottery Corporation, and Tech Link International Entertainment Limited.

This matter dealt with a novel point, namely the legal effect of an applicant providing an incorrect date of first use, but the court effectively sidestepped this and decided that the registered mark was confusing with a prior unregistered mark and therefore unregisterable pursuant to s. 16(1)(a) of the Act.

Seedlings Life Science Ventures LLC and Pfizer Canada Inc were engaged in a patent infringement dispute. Prior to documentary and oral discovery, Seedling and Pfizer agreed to numerous terms, which would operate in addition to the implied undertaking rule, in order to ensure that the confidentiality of “particularly sensitive” information would be properly protected.

This was a motion under section 6(7) of the Patented Medicine (Notice of Compliance) Regulations for an order compelling Apotex to provide non-redacted portions of the Abbreviated New Drug Submissions and the Drug Master File for its Apo-darunavir product.

Canadian National Railway Company alleged infringement of three patents by tools found on BNSF Railway Company’s website. This decision concerned a motion brought by BNSF to strike CN’s Amended Statement of Claim in its entirety without leave to amend because it was unsupported by material facts as required by Rule 174 and 181 of the Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106.