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Contents
- Punitive Damages Award in Canada Due to Implied Knowledge of Infringed Patent
- Gowlings leads the way for Canadian firms at the Managing Intellectual Property North America Awards
- Ottawa Professional Marion Bailey-Canham wins ILO Client Choice Award
Punitive Damages Award in Canada Due to Implied
Knowledge of Infringed Patent
By:
Aaron Edgar and
Grant W. C. Tisdall
Canadian courts rarely award punitive damages in patent infringement actions, making a recent award of punitive damages in the Eurocopter case particularly notable. Eurocopter had sought punitive damages in the amount of $25,000,000, alleging that the defendant, Bell Helicopter, knowingly and maliciously infringed Eurocopter's patent. The Court, in holding that Eurocopter was entitled to punitive damages, found it implausible that a sophisticated entity such as Bell did not have knowledge of Eurocopter's patent, and found that "Bell knew or should have known" of the patent.
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Gowlings leads the way for Canadian firms at the Managing Intellectual Property North America Awards
It was with great pride that the Gowlings Intellectual Property Group accepted four significant awards at the fifth-annual Managing Intellectual Property North America Awards gala on March 27 in Washington, D.C. This outstanding achievement is a definitive reflection of the high standard of work consistently produced by the Gowlings IP team.
Gowlings dominated Managing IP's practice area awards, taking home top honours in three of the six "Firm of the Year" categories: Patent Prosecution, Trademark Prosecution and Trademark Contentious. Gowlings was also nominated for "Firm of the Year" for Patent Contentious and Copyright.
In addition, the team won "Case of the Year 2012 – Trademark" for its work in Masterpiece v Alavida Inc., a precedent-setting Supreme Court case, and Gowlings partner Arthur Renaud was recognized for his efforts with a nomination for "Outstanding IP Practitioner of the Year."
Gowlings was proudly represented at the gala by James Buchan, Stéphane Caron, Anthony Creber, Kelly Gill, James Longwell and Omar Nassif.
Ottawa Professional Marion Bailey-Canham wins ILO Client Choice Award
Gowlings Ottawa professional Marion Bailey-Canham recently won the ILO Client Choice Award, 2012, in the Canadian intellectual property category. The International Law Office (ILO) announced the winning partners and firms for the ILO Client Choice Awards at a gala dinner held in London. This year, ILO recognized 303 individual winners across 55 jurisdictions worldwide.
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