Tamara Ramsey provided a case summary for the Bulletin published by the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada about a recent case, Red Label Vacations Inc. v. 411 Travel Buys Limited, 2015 FCA 290, dealing with trade-mark and available by clicking here.   Case Comment: Making Sense of Metatags? Red Label Vacations Inc. v. 411 Travel Buys […]

Tamara Ramsey was successful in opposing a trade-mark application for a foreign newspaper for the word mark “Ajit”. AJIT, a common name in India, is  used by the Applicant, a Punjabi-language newspaper based in India that had a few subscribers in Canada. The name AJIT has also, for many years, been used by the Opponent, a free […]

Iain MacKinnon is acting for VICE Media Canada in its challenge of a Production Order by the RCMP, requesting all notes and communications between VICE and an accused terrorist, Mohammed Shirdon, who left Canada to join ISIS.  The case has attracted media attention because of the important principles of freedom of the press that are […]

  Imagine you’re a plaintiff, after months, or even years, of gruelling litigation in a foreign country – be it the United States, the United Kingdom or the United Republic of Tanzania – a foreign court has finally granted judgment in your favour.  You’ve won.  Your rights have been vindicated.  At long last, you can […]

We are pleased to announce that Ted Brook has joined Chitiz Pathak as a litigation associate. Ted’s practice will focus on commercial and administrative law matters.  Prior to joining Chitiz Pathak, Ted clerked at the Superior Court of Justice and obtained his law degree from Queen’s University.