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Federal Court issues new consolidated guidelines on complex proceedings

By Caroline Henrie (CA), Christopher Guerreiro (CA), Kristin Wall (CA) and Allyson Whyte Nowak (CA) on November 4, 2020 Posted in Enforcement

On October 22, 2020, the Federal Court (FC) issued new Case and Trial Management Guidelines for Complex Proceedings (the FC Guidelines). These new consolidated FC Guidelines address many of the topics raised in the following earlier FC Notices to the Profession: Case management: Increased Proportionality in Complex Litigation before the Federal Court (June 24, 2015); … Continue reading

Ground Hog Day: Interim Injunctive Relief Denied for the Protection of Trade-mark Rights

By Allyson Whyte Nowak (CA) on August 14, 2013 Posted in Trademark

A recent decision from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Rhéo Thompson Candies Limited v. Thompson confirms that an injunction will not issue to prevent the continued infringement of a registered trade-mark unless the owner of the mark can show that in the absence of an injunction, damages cannot be quantified or no remedy is … Continue reading