Rovi Guides, Inc. v. BCE Inc.,
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Federal Court (Canada) |
| Citation | 2022 FC 1388 |
| Date | 24 October 2022 |
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11 practice notes
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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......
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Takeda Canada Inc. v. Apotex Inc.,
...(White Burgess Langille Inman v Abbott and Haliburton Co, 2015 SCC 23 at paras 26-32). [38] Similarly, in Rovi Guides, Inc v Bell Canada, 2022 FC 1388 [Rovi], Justice Lafrenière admitted the expert report in question despite finding that significant portions of the report were unequivo......
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2 cases
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Takeda Canada Inc. v. Apotex Inc.
...(White Burgess Langille Inman v Abbott and Haliburton Co, 2015 SCC 23 at paras 26-32). [38] Similarly, in Rovi Guides, Inc v Bell Canada, 2022 FC 1388 [Rovi], Justice Lafrenière admitted the expert report in question despite finding that significant portions of the report were unequivo......
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AbbVie Corporation v. Jamp Pharma Corporation
...of trying to claim that it was sheer coincidence. [211] The Federal Court dealt with a similar issue in Rovi Guides, Inc v Bell Canada, 2022 FC 1388 [Rovi]. In that case, Justice Lafrenière found the witness was unaware that plagiarism had occurred but remained troubled that the witnes......
6 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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Canadian Patent Law 2024: A Year In Review
...an accounting of profits, an equitable remedy (see, Rovi Guides, Inc v Videotron Ltd, 2022 FC 874 and Rovi Guides, Inc v Bell Canada, 2022 FC 1388). In Rovi Guides Inc v Videotron Ltd, 2024 FCA 125, the Federal Court of Appeal took the opportunity to address some of the Federal Court's obse......
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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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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......