No Infringement of Copyright or Trademarks in Metatag Use January 07, 2015 Red Label Vacations Inc. (redtag.ca) v. 411 Travel Buys Limited (411 travelbuys.ca), 2015 FC 19 (per Manson J.)
IP Case Summaries Federal Court Rules Again on “Product Specificity” Requirement for Patent Register Listings December 30, 2014 ViiV Healthcare ULC et al. v. Teva Canada Ltd. and the Minister of Health
IP Case Summaries Fixed Dosing Schedule Found Not To Be A Method of Medical Treatment December 22, 2014 Abbvie Biotechnology Ltd. v. Canada (Attorney General) 2014 FC 1251 (Kane, J.)
General A year in review. December 19, 2014 Toronto lawyer Mala Joshi takes us through the currents of change in 2014.
IP Case Summaries Rebuttable Presumptions December 19, 2014 Pfizer Canada Inc. v. The Minister of Health, et al, 2014 FC 1243 (Gleason J.)
IP Case Summaries Extension of Applicant’s Trademark PLANET is Allowed Based on New Material Evidence before Federal Court December 19, 2014 Jacques Vert Group Limited v. YM Inc. (Sales), 2014 FC 1242 (Boswell, J.)
IP Case Summaries Court Refuses to Flip on TMOB Rejection of Trademark for Lack of Distinctiveness December 18, 2014 Philip Morris Products SA v. Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited, 2014 FC 1237 (BĂ©dard, J)
IP Case Summaries Invoices Dated After Relevant Period Sufficient to Establish s. 4(1) “use” in s. 45 Expungement Proceeding December 17, 2014 Alliance Laundry Systems LLC v. Whirpool Canada LP 2014 FC 1224 (J. Manson)
IP Case Summaries Two-Step Analysis Required to Determine if Clearly Descriptive Mark December 04, 2014 Dr. Patrick Lum and Dr. P. K. Lum (2009) Inc. v. Dr Copy Cragg Inc. 2014 FC 1171 (Campbell, J.)