Abuse of Process

December 14, 2021
Photo of office towers in Toronto's financial district.

Abuse of Process Should Only Be Invoked in the “Clearest of Cases”

Four years after the Federal Court of Appeal denied copyright protection for TRREB's real estate database, the fight to control that data continues.
January 3, 2017

FC Rules PM(NOC) Prohibition Application Not An Abuse of Process

2015 FC 1016 - In this decision, the FC permitted the applicant to proceed with its prohibition application, despite a previous decision finding that the patent in question was invalid.
October 7, 2015

Relitigating Conceded Claims is an Abuse of PM(NOC) Proceedings

Gilead Sciences, Inc v Canada (Health), 2015 FC 610 - Gilead's assertion that its patent is valid would be relitigating old issues and an abuse of PM(NOC) proceedings.
February 18, 2014

Federal Court Holds Valeant’s Prohibition Application Is Not Abuse of Process

Valeant Canada LP v. Cobalt Pharmaceuticals – 2013 FC 1254 Cobalt moved, pursuant to s. 6(5)(b) of the PM(NOC) Regulations, to dismiss as an abuse of […]