Rovi Guides, Inc. v. BCE Inc., 2022 FC 1388
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Federal Court (Canada) |
| Citation | 2022 FC 1388 |
| Date | 24 October 2022 |
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4 practice notes
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2022 Year In Review: IP Litigation
...report in a patent infringement action included passages from a different expert's report, without attribution (Rovi Guides v Bell Canada, 2022 FC 1388). The Court described this as "plagiarism pure and simple" and said it "puts into real doubt the impartiality and independence of the exper......
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Canadian Patent Law 2022: A Year In Review
...profits. The Court ultimately concluded that the appropriate remedy would be a reasonable royalty. See, also, Rovi Guides, Inc v BCE Inc, 2022 FC 1388. Rovi Guides has appealed both decisions (A-186-22 and The remedies available to a generic are limited under the PM(NOC) Regulations In Apot......
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Preparing The Expert Report In A Patent Case ' A Collaborative Exercise To Be Approached With Caution
...trial decision in Rovi Guides v. Bell, 2022 FC 1388 is an exceptional case that proves the rule that the preparation of expert evidence in a patent case is necessarily a collaborative exercise between technical expert and patent counsel. At the same time, the expert is ultimately the sole a......
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Federal Court Denies Equitable Relief For Failure To Diligently Prosecute A Patent
...the failure to offer to license on "fair" terms may also impact entitlement to equitable remedies. In Rovi Guides, Inc. v. Bell Canada, 2022 FC 1388, the Federal Court found that Rovi, the patent owner in a patent infringement action, ought not to be entitled to an accounting of profits or ......
4 firm's commentaries
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2022 Year In Review: IP Litigation
...report in a patent infringement action included passages from a different expert's report, without attribution (Rovi Guides v Bell Canada, 2022 FC 1388). The Court described this as "plagiarism pure and simple" and said it "puts into real doubt the impartiality and independence of the exper......
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Canadian Patent Law 2022: A Year In Review
...profits. The Court ultimately concluded that the appropriate remedy would be a reasonable royalty. See, also, Rovi Guides, Inc v BCE Inc, 2022 FC 1388. Rovi Guides has appealed both decisions (A-186-22 and The remedies available to a generic are limited under the PM(NOC) Regulations In Apot......
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Preparing The Expert Report In A Patent Case ' A Collaborative Exercise To Be Approached With Caution
...trial decision in Rovi Guides v. Bell, 2022 FC 1388 is an exceptional case that proves the rule that the preparation of expert evidence in a patent case is necessarily a collaborative exercise between technical expert and patent counsel. At the same time, the expert is ultimately the sole a......
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Federal Court Denies Equitable Relief For Failure To Diligently Prosecute A Patent
...the failure to offer to license on "fair" terms may also impact entitlement to equitable remedies. In Rovi Guides, Inc. v. Bell Canada, 2022 FC 1388, the Federal Court found that Rovi, the patent owner in a patent infringement action, ought not to be entitled to an accounting of profits or ......
3 books & journal articles
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Table of cases
...355 Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc v Saskatchewan, 2003 SKCA 104 .................. 56 Rovi Guides, Inc v Bell Canada, 2022 FC 1388 .................................. 325, 331, 631 Royal Bank of Canada v Coöperatieve Centrale Raifeisen-Boerenleenbank, [2004] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 471, [2004] EWCA Ci......
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Injunctions to Protect Property and Reputation
...basically delay to the maximum extent a request to have its patent application examined and to further 96 Rovi Guides, Inc v Bell Canada , 2022 FC 1388 [ Rovi Guides ]. THE LAW OF EQUITABLE REMEDIES 326 delay its issuance as far as possible. In this way, innocent infringers would never know......
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Equitable Damages
...(No 2) , [1996] EMLR 452 (Ch); Ludlow Music Inc v Williams , [2001] FSR 19 (Ch), copyright violations. 54 Rovi Guides, Inc v Bell Canada , 2022 FC 1388. 55 Copyright Act , RSC 1985, c C-42, s 34; Patent Act , RSC 1985, c P-4, s 55; Trademarks Act , RSC 1985, c T-13, s 53.2. THE LAW OF EQUIT......