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Monthly Archives: June 2025

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Outage

June 27, 2025 Alan Macek

Unfortunately, there was a significant server outage last week on the system that supports this website and the daily email service. I’m still working on getting things back online. In the meantime, some aspects of the website may not be fully operational. Thanks for your patience! Continue reading Outage →

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Federal Court

June 20, 2025 Alan Macek

The Federal Court has issued Amended Consolidated General Practice Guidelines. Some changes identified include ending the ability to file by email (except in limited circumstances) [s19]; mandatory bookmarks for PDF files [s19e]; personal service and proof of service [s31, 34, 35]; access to court files [s37-39]; determination of motions in writing [s45-50]; and publication of decisions [s88-90].

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TMOB

June 4, 2025 Alan Macek

The Trademark Opposition Board has issued a practice notice requiring a “Declaration of use of AI” when “generative AI is used to create content in a document”. A couple of decisions have identified hallucinated decisions cited in submissions – see 2024 TMOB 150 and 2024 TMOB 211.

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Recent Decisions

  • 2026 FC 792 - Zoe International Distributing Inc. v. Smoke Arsenal Inc.
  • 2026 ONSC 3042 - 1943391 Ontario Ltd. v. Biosenta Inc.
  • 2026 CanLII 54839 - Aragon Pharmaceuticals Inc. Et Al. v. Sandoz Canada Inc. (Apalutamide)
  • 24-889 - Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. v. Amarin Pharma, Inc.
  • 2026 FCA 109 - Proslide Teachnology Inc. v. Whitewater West Industries Litd.

Recent IP Proceedings

  • T-2838-26 - Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. et Al. v. Ascend Laboratories Ltd. (patent)
  • T-2772-26 - SKYSHIP ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY INC. v. HAIDER ALI dba WONDERLAND NURSERY RHYMES (copyright)
  • T-2747-26 - The Information Commissioner of Canada v. Minister of Health (JR)
  • A-210-26 - CHOCOLADEFABRIKEN LINDT & SPRUNGLI AG v. GRC FOOD SERVICES LTD. (appeal)
  • T-2724-26 - Spa Logic Inc. v. Northern Lights Cedar Tubs Inc. et Al. (tm)
  • T-2710-26 - Todd CALDECOTT v. WILD ROSE COLLEGE OF NATURAL HEALING LTD. (copyright)
  • T-2708-26 - UNI-SELECT INC . c. VAST-AUTO DISTRIBUTION ATLANTIQUE LTÉE & AL (tm)
  • T-2682-26 - Pizza Avenue 2020 Inc. c. 0990126 BC Ltd. (appeal)
  • T-2679-26 - Aman Group S.À.R.L. v. Thomas TULLO (appeal)
  • T-2664-26 - 9117-4227 QUÉBEC INC. c. JÈRÈMY LABRÈCHE (tm)

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