By AJ Macaulay A five-member panel of the Alberta Court of Appeal (ABCA) confirmed that the six-year limitation period provided by the federal Patent Act applies to patent infringement claims in the provincial court. In allowing the appeal, the ABCA set aside the...

We are honoured to have our lawyers recognized in the Best Lawyers 2025 edition. Mat Brechtel and Scott Foster are listed under Intellectual Property, Vancouver; Patrick Smith is listed under Intellectual Property, Calgary; and Emilie Feil-Fraser is recognized as Ones...

We are proud to announce that Seastone IP is named as a Top Intellectual Property Law Boutique by Canadian Lawyer Magazine in the 2024-2025 edition. For more information, see here.

We have seen an increasing number of scam emails related to our client’s Trademarks and “infringement of their rights”. These emails are directed to business owners and come from fake IP attorneys, with the company identified as Trademark Specialists. Some key...

We are pleased to announce that Scott Foster and Patrick Smith are being recognized among Canada’s leading litigators in the Lexpert Special Edition: Litigation 2024, published online at lexpert.ca and distributed as a standalone insert within The Globe and Mail. For...

Seastone IP is honoured to be listed among one of Canada’s Best Law Firms in Intellectual Property for 2025. For more information, see here.

For the third year running, Seastone IP is being recognized as one of Canada’s Best Law Firms in Intellectual Property by The Globe and Mail and Statista. Thank you to all who recommended us. See the full report here.

By Scott Foster The Federal Court excluded expert evidence tendered by a director of the plaintiff. Although the director had the necessary experience to be qualified as an expert, the Court considered the opinion evidence to be "compromised by his long and intimate...

By Scott Foster The Federal Court of Appeal confirmed that an entity based outside Canada, without any operations in Canada, can be liable for infringement of a Canadian patent if it makes arrangements that result in infringement of the Canadian patent. The appellate...

Seastone IP is honoured to be listed in the Chambers Canada 2025 guide for Intellectual Property, Litigation, along with two of our lawyers, Patrick Smith and Mat Brechtel.