Seedlings Life Science Ventures LLC v. Pfizer Canada Inc., 2018 FC 956

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtFederal Court (Canada)
Citation2018 FC 956
Date27 September 2018
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8 practice notes
  • Protective Orders Alive And Well In Canadian IP Litigation
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 16 Marzo 2020
    ...Life Science Ventures LLC v. Pfizer Canada Inc., 2018 FC 443, reversed in Seedlings Life Science Ventures, LLC v. Pfizer Canada Inc., 2018 FC 956; Canadian National Railway Company v. BNSF Railway Company, 2019 FC 281; dTechs EPM Ltd v British Columbia Hydro & Power Authority, 2019 FC 5......
  • Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC v. Google Canada Corporation, 2019 FC 559
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • 1 Mayo 2019
    ...the order should include. [26] In Seedlings Life Science Ventures LLC v Pfizer Canada Inc, 2018 FC 443 at para 8, 292 ACWS (3d) 391, rev’d 2018 FC 956, the learned prothonotary pointed out that the distinction between a protective order and a confidentiality order is relatively recent in Fe......
  • dTechs EPM Ltd. v. British Columbia Hydro & Power Authority, 2019 FC 539
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • 29 Abril 2019
    ...of an express order” or “other unusual circumstances.” [38] On appeal, in Seedlings Life Science Ventures, LLC v Pfizer Canada Inc, 2018 FC 956 [Seedlings 2], a motions judge found that the prothonotary erred in concluding that the test for the issuance of protective orders was the same tes......
  • 2018 Year In Review: Litigation
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 13 Febrero 2019
    ...Club of Canada v Canada (Minister of Finance), 2002 SCC 41 [“Sierra Club”] 16 Seedlings Life Science Ventures, LLC v Pfizer Canada Inc, 2018 FC 956 17 2018 FC 735 18 2016 FCA 155 19 Maoz Betser-Zilevitch v Nexen Inc et al, 2018 FC 735 at para 97 20 2018 SCC 38 21 Ibid at para 24 22 2018 FCA......
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5 cases
  • dTechs EPM Ltd. v. British Columbia Hydro & Power Authority, 2019 FC 539
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • 29 Abril 2019
    ...of an express order” or “other unusual circumstances.” [38] On appeal, in Seedlings Life Science Ventures, LLC v Pfizer Canada Inc, 2018 FC 956 [Seedlings 2], a motions judge found that the prothonotary erred in concluding that the test for the issuance of protective orders was the same tes......
  • Paid Search Engine Tools, LLC v. Google Canada Corporation, 2019 FC 559
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • 1 Mayo 2019
    ...the order should include. [26] In Seedlings Life Science Ventures LLC v Pfizer Canada Inc, 2018 FC 443 at para 8, 292 ACWS (3d) 391, rev’d 2018 FC 956, the learned prothonotary pointed out that the distinction between a protective order and a confidentiality order is relatively recent in Fe......
  • Compagnie des Chemins de Fer Nationaux du Canada c. BNSF Railway Company,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • 17 Febrero 2020
    ...in Seedlings Life Science Ventures, LLC v. Pzer Canada Inc., 2018 FC 956, 159 C.P.R. (4th) 51 (Ahmed J.) (Seedlings Life No. 2)). The motions Judge further recalled the distinction between protective57;  ......
  • Canadian National Railway Company v. BNSF Railway Company, 2019 FC 281
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • 7 Marzo 2019
    ...order. Importantly, Seedlings 1 was reversed by Justice Shirzad S. Ahmed in Seedlings Life Science Ventures LLC v Pfizer Canada Inc, 2018 FC 956 [Seedlings 2]. Justice Ahmed issued the requested protective order. [9] I accept BNSF’s assertion that the legal test for the issuance of a protec......
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3 firm's commentaries
  • Protective Orders Alive And Well In Canadian IP Litigation
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 16 Marzo 2020
    ...Life Science Ventures LLC v. Pfizer Canada Inc., 2018 FC 443, reversed in Seedlings Life Science Ventures, LLC v. Pfizer Canada Inc., 2018 FC 956; Canadian National Railway Company v. BNSF Railway Company, 2019 FC 281; dTechs EPM Ltd v British Columbia Hydro & Power Authority, 2019 FC 5......
  • 2018 Year In Review: Litigation
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 13 Febrero 2019
    ...Club of Canada v Canada (Minister of Finance), 2002 SCC 41 [“Sierra Club”] 16 Seedlings Life Science Ventures, LLC v Pfizer Canada Inc, 2018 FC 956 17 2018 FC 735 18 2016 FCA 155 19 Maoz Betser-Zilevitch v Nexen Inc et al, 2018 FC 735 at para 97 20 2018 SCC 38 21 Ibid at para 24 22 2018 FCA......
  • There And Back Again - Protective Agreements In The Federal Court
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 4 Abril 2019
    ..."other unusual circumstances." Seedlings 1 was appealed, with Justice Ahmed reversing Prothonotary Tabib's decision (Pfizer v Seedlings, 2018 FC 956 [Seedlings 2]). Justice Ahmed held that Prothonotary Tabib failed to apply the correct legal test, and did not agree that a difference existed......

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