Articles • Aug 29, 2023 • TOPICS: costs, invalidity, invention, patent
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Articles • Aug 17, 2023 • TOPICS: trademark
Summary judgment motion partially successful
In a trademark and passing off action, the Federal Court partially granted the...
Articles • Aug 11, 2023 • TOPICS: Cannabis
Case Comment – Organigram Inc v Canada (Attorney General), 2023 FC 1075
This case highlights that commercial interests at stake in the evolving...
Articles • Jul 31, 2023 • TOPICS: trademark
Trademark Due Diligence: How to Lose Ownership of Your Trademark
A decision from Associate Chief Justice Gagne provides a brilliant primer on...
Articles • Jul 31, 2023 • TOPICS: patent
Patent Law Update: FCA hits ‘Ctrl + Alt + Delete’ on proposed Benjamin Moore Test
The Federal Court of Appeal addressed the legitimacy of a legal test for...
Articles • Jul 10, 2023 • TOPICS: infringement, patent, punitive damages
Court awards $250,000 in punitive damages in patent proceeding
The Federal Court awarded $150,000 in damages (i.e. lost profits) for patent...
Articles • Jul 7, 2023 • TOPICS: privacy law
Privacy Law Update: AirBnb not required to disclose addresses of hosts
On July 4, 2023, Justice Jasvinder Basran of the Supreme Court of the British...
News • Jul 6, 2023
Tania D’Souza-Culora named 2023 WIPR Leader
Seastone lawyer and co-founder Tania D’Souza-Culora has been named a...
Articles • Jul 4, 2023 • TOPICS: copyright, default judgment, trademark
Federal Court dismisses motion to set aside default judgment
In a trademark and copyright infringement action, the plaintiff successfully...
Articles • Jun 29, 2023 • TOPICS: arbitration, copyright, trademark