Euro-Excellence Inc. v. Kraft Canada Inc.

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, Beverley; Bastarache, Michel; Binnie, William Ian Corneil; LeBel, Louis; Deschamps, Marie; Fish, Morris J.; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Charron, Louise; Rothstein, Marshall
Citation[2007] 3 SCR 20,2007 SCC 37,159 ACWS (3d) 429,[2007] SCJ No 37 (QL),365 NR 332,JE 2007-1510,[2007] ACS no 37,282 DLR (4th) 577,59 CPR (4th) 353
Docket Number31327
Date26 July 2007
Subject MatterCOPYRIGHT

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    • Irwin Books Canadian Telecommunications Law
    • September 6, 2011
    ...68, [1979] 2 All E.R. 927, [1980] R.P.C. 31 (H.L.) ................... 143 Euro-Excellence Inc. v. Kraft Canada Inc., 2007 SCC 37, [2007] 3 S.C.R. 20, 59 C.P.R. (4th) 353 ........................................................ 219, 239 Everitt v. Martin, [1953] N.Z.L.R. 298 .....................
  • Management and Enforcement
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    • Irwin Books Intellectual Property Law. Second Edition
    • June 15, 2011
    ...adventitiously insofar as it is tethered to a business advantage,” citing Euro-Excellence Inc. v. Kraft Canada Inc. , 2007 SCC 37, [2007] 3 S.C.R. 20 at [86]–[88] [ Kraft ]. 325 Interstate Parcel Express Co. Pty Ltd. v. Time-life International (Nederlands) BV (1977), 138 C.L.R. 534 at 560–6......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Intellectual Property Law. Second Edition
    • June 15, 2011
    ...47, 50, 200, 238, 241, 239, 241 Euro-Excellence Inc. v. Kraft Canada Inc., [2007] 3 S.C.R. 20, 2007 SCC 37, 59 C.P.R. (4th) 353, aff’g 2005 FCA 427, [2006] 3 F.C.R. 91, 47 C.P.R. (4th) 113, var’g 2004 FC 652, [2004] 4 F.C.R. 410, 33 C.P.R. (4th) 246 ........28, 38, 39, 81, 89, 101, 114, 1 5......
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    • Irwin Books Intellectual Property Law. Second Edition
    • June 15, 2011
    ...80; Kraft Canada Inc. v. Euro Excellence Inc. , [2004] 4 F.C.R. 410 at [31] (Fed. Ct.), accepted on appeal, [2006] 3 F.C.R. 91 (C.A.) & [2007] 3 S.C.R. 20, 2007 SCC 37 [ Kraft ]; 2426–7536 Quebec Inc. v. Provigo Distribution Inc. (1992), 50 C.P.R. (3d) 539 at 543 (Que. S.C.) [ 2426–7536 ]; ......
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    ...du Petit Champlain inc. et al., [2002] 2 S.C.R. 336; 285 N.R. 267, refd to. [para. 215]. Kraft Canada Inc. v. Euro Exellence Inc., [2007] 3 S.C.R. 20; 365 N.R. 332, refd to. [para. 215]. Grignon v. Roussel et al. (1991), 44 F.T.R. 121 (T.D.), refd to. [para. 217]. Wall v. Horn Abbott Ltd. -......
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    ...of Health) et al. (1995), 82 O.A.C. 183; 24 O.R.(3d) 204 (Div. Ct.), refd to. [para. 59]. Kraft Canada Inc. v. Euro Excellence Inc., [2007] 3 S.C.R. 20; 365 N.R. 332; 2007 SCC 37, refd to. [para. Yellowbird v. Samson Cree Nation No. 444 et al. (2008), 433 A.R. 350; 429 W.A.C. 350; 2008 ABCA......
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    ...des Establissement Michelin-Michelin & Cie v. CAW Canada, [1997] 2 F.C. 306. 5 Euro-Excellence Inc. v. Kraft Canada Inc. (2007), 282 D.L.R. (4th) 577 (S.C.C.). 6 Krouse v. Chrysler Canada Ltd. (1973), 40 D.L.R. (3d) 15 (O.N. C.A.). 7 Mattel, Inc. v. 3894207 Canada Inc., [2006] 1 S.C.R. ......
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  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Canadian Telecommunications Law
    • September 6, 2011
    ...68, [1979] 2 All E.R. 927, [1980] R.P.C. 31 (H.L.) ................... 143 Euro-Excellence Inc. v. Kraft Canada Inc., 2007 SCC 37, [2007] 3 S.C.R. 20, 59 C.P.R. (4th) 353 ........................................................ 219, 239 Everitt v. Martin, [1953] N.Z.L.R. 298 .....................
  • Management and Enforcement
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Intellectual Property Law. Second Edition
    • June 15, 2011
    ...adventitiously insofar as it is tethered to a business advantage,” citing Euro-Excellence Inc. v. Kraft Canada Inc. , 2007 SCC 37, [2007] 3 S.C.R. 20 at [86]–[88] [ Kraft ]. 325 Interstate Parcel Express Co. Pty Ltd. v. Time-life International (Nederlands) BV (1977), 138 C.L.R. 534 at 560–6......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Intellectual Property Law. Second Edition
    • June 15, 2011
    ...47, 50, 200, 238, 241, 239, 241 Euro-Excellence Inc. v. Kraft Canada Inc., [2007] 3 S.C.R. 20, 2007 SCC 37, 59 C.P.R. (4th) 353, aff’g 2005 FCA 427, [2006] 3 F.C.R. 91, 47 C.P.R. (4th) 113, var’g 2004 FC 652, [2004] 4 F.C.R. 410, 33 C.P.R. (4th) 246 ........28, 38, 39, 81, 89, 101, 114, 1 5......
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    • Irwin Books Intellectual Property Law. Second Edition
    • June 15, 2011
    ...80; Kraft Canada Inc. v. Euro Excellence Inc. , [2004] 4 F.C.R. 410 at [31] (Fed. Ct.), accepted on appeal, [2006] 3 F.C.R. 91 (C.A.) & [2007] 3 S.C.R. 20, 2007 SCC 37 [ Kraft ]; 2426–7536 Quebec Inc. v. Provigo Distribution Inc. (1992), 50 C.P.R. (3d) 539 at 543 (Que. S.C.) [ 2426–7536 ]; ......
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