Counter(defeated): Louis Vuitton awarded compensatory and punitive damages
In a recent summary trial decision of the Federal Court, Justice McHaffie found multiple defendants selling counterfeit Louis Vuitton goods liable for...Read More
Nintendo Wins $12.7M+ Damages for Digital Lock Circumvention
On March 1, 2017, Justice Campbell released his Judgment and Reasons in Nintendo v. Go Cyber Shopping. Nintendo was wholly successful in...Read More
Crash Landing: Court Awards Damages Of $1.5 Million In Helicopter Landing Gear Case
In Airbus Helicopters v Bell Helicopter Textron, Justice Martineau of the Federal Court ordered Bell to pay $1.5 million in damages to...Read More
Microsoft Enforces Software Copyright Against Recidivist Copier: Microsoft v. Liu
In Microsoft v Liu, Justice Boswell of the Federal Court determined that Mr. Liu had infringed Microsoft’s copyright in several programs and...Read More
Punitive Damages May Exceed Compensatory Damages: Federal Court of Appeal
The Federal Court of Appeal has agreed that, in principle, an award for punitive damages may exceed compensatory damages. In Annie Pui...Read More
Pay the wall – circumventing paywalls is copyright infringement
In 1395804 Ontario Limited (Blacklock’s Reporter) v. Canadian Vintners Association, 2015 CanLII 65885, Deputy Judge Lyon Gilbert of the Ottawa Small Claims...Read More
Statutory, but not punitive, damages for copyright infringement
Rundle provided training services to assist federal government employees in passing various language proficiency tests for bilingual positions in the federal public...Read More
Punitive damages for infringing (but never sold) helicopter landing gear upheld on appeal
On September 24, 2013, the Federal Court of Appeal released its Reasons for Judgment in Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limitée v. Eurocopter...Read More