The third individual was involved in the development of an allegedly infringing product.

The Federal Court in The Black & Decker Corporation v. Method Law Professional Corporation, has reversed a decision of the Registrar of Trade-marks that unreasonably elevated the standard of proof required in a section 45 proceeding.

In Rowland v. Stephen, Justice Petersen struck Mr. Rowland's statement of claim and denied his leave to amend on the basis that Mr. Rowland, having assigned the full and exclusive rights to his invention ...

Justice O'Keefe has issued a costs award granting the successful party in a patent infringement action approximately 30% of its legal costs, and a total costs award of $6.5M.

In Bull Run Productions Inc. v. Wild TV Inc., 2016 NSSC 315 the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia upheld a forum selection clause and required a copyright owner to bring its action for infringement in Alberta.

In CEDC International v Underberg, Justice Barnes dismissed CEDC's appeal of the Trade-marks Opposition Board's decision that prevented CEDC from registering "Żubrówka" as a trade-mark in association with its vodka product.

Justice G. Dow, in One Street Digital Inc. v. Berkeley Payment Solutions Inc., dismissed a motion brought by OSD seeking to have it declared the owner of software that it provided to BPS...

On October 12, 2016, Justice Southcott issued his Judgment and Reasons and Cathay Pacific Airways Limited v. Air Miles International Trading B.V., 2016 FC 1125.

In TearLab v I-MED, the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed TearLab's appeal of Justice Manson's dismissal of its motion for an interlocutory motion.

On June 14, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Ciba's application for leave to appeal the decision of the Federal Court of Appeal holding Canadian Patent 2,515,581 ...

In 907687 Ontario Inc. (c.o.b. International Institute of Travel) v. Shokour, 2017 FC 969, the Federal Court found that the plaintiff did not meet its burden of establishing copyright infringement ...

In Steelbird Ghetto Properties LLC v. Beau's All Natural Brewing Company Ltd, Steelbird Ghetto Properties LLC sought an Order striking the trademark B-SIDE BREWING LABEL which was registered to Beau's All Natural Brewing Company Ltd.

Arnold Hennessy invented "tip-tank" toilet technology, and assigned his rights in the patents and technology to Arnold Hennessy Holdings.

In Cooperstock v. United Airlines, Inc., the Court of Appeal held that an appeal can be stayed or consolidated with related appeals only after those related appeals have been commenced and are pending before the Court. .

On August 29, 2017 Apotex filed a motion with the Supreme Court of Canada, requesting a rehearing of the appeal and an amendment of the corresponding judgment in which the Supreme Court held that the promise doctrine is not the appropriate standard for assessing utility and that AstraZeneca's 653 Patent is valid (2017 SCC 36;

In Access Copyright v British Columbia Ministry of Education et al, the Federal Court of Appeal identified a single reviewable error in the Copyright Board's decision relating to the copying of works by elementary and secondary schools.

Paid Search Engine Tools, a corporation normally resident outside Canada, is the owner of Canadian Patent No. 2,415,167 entitled "Paid Search Engine Bid Management".

In Nova Chemicals v. The Dow Chemical Company et al., the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed Nova's appeal of the order requiring it to pay $6.5 million in costs to Dow.

In Apotex Inc. v. Alcon Canada Inc., 2016 FC 720, Prothonotary Tabib granted Apotex' motion for bifurcation of its section 8 action involving its Apo-Travoprost Z topical ophthalmic solution.

Canadian content creators should be aware of Bill C-59's amendments to the Competition Act that will take effect on June 20, 2025.