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Monthly Archives: December 2019

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New Year

December 31, 2019 Alan Macek

Happy New Year! Thanks for another year with IPPractice. 428,000 emails sent to over 1700 subscribers with reports on 200 IP-related decisions and 450 new proceedings. Continue reading New Year →

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Federal Court

December 18, 2019 Alan Macek

There are still problems with the Federal Court website, particularly for identifying new proceedings that started since December 13th. Problems also cause some blank updates on watched files. Continue reading Federal Court →

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Federal Court

December 13, 2019 Alan Macek

Note that there was a problem with the online court dockets for the Federal Court and the Federal Court website will be down for maintenance this weekend.

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Fee Increase

December 9, 2019 Alan Macek

CIPO has announced that Industrial Design fees will increase by 2.2% as of January 1, 2020 pursuant to the Service Fees Act. The announcement notes, that “As a result, the amounts shown in the Tariff of Fees of the Industrial Design Regulations may not be up-to-date.” Continue reading Fee Increase →

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Agent Exams

December 2, 2019 Alan Macek

The deadline for registering to write the patent agent exams is December 5th. The 2020 examination will be held on April 28, 29, 30 and May 1, 2020.

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  • 2025 FC 1107 - Yayincilik A.S. v. Glwiz Inc.
  • 2025 NSSC 234 - Atlantic Sea Cucumber Ltd. (Re)
  • 2025 MBKB 89 - Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation v. IL Nido Ltd. et al.

Recent IP Proceedings

  • T-2265-25 - THE BEAUTY COMPANY TAMPA LLC and LINH CHAU v. PLUSH AND OAK, INC. (copyright)
  • T-2261-25 - ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD. v. AMERICAN AIR FILTER COMPANY, INC. (appeal)
  • T-2259-25 - Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc et Al. v. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (patent)
  • T-2251-25 - PLANIT SOFTWARE LIMITED v. LAKEVIEW MILLWORK LTD. (copyright)
  • T-2247-25 - SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS OF CANADA ET AL v. FESTIVAL D'ÉTÉ INTERNATIONAL QUÉBEC (copyright)
  • T-2245-25 - HEXAGON MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCE, INC. v. CONSTRUCTION Y.G.C. INC. (copyright)
  • T-2244-25 - GEOSOURCE ENERGY INC. v. DIVERSO ENERGY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, ET AL (patent)
  • A-242-25 - Marrand Auto Inc. v. Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha et al. (appeal)
  • T-2198-25 - IMDEX TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD. et Al. v. STOCKHOLM PRECISION TOOLS AB et Al. (patent)
  • T-2197-25 - PKF TRADE MARK LIMITED v. PKF CHAMBERS INC. (JR)
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