Information About (IP) Law in Canada

A vendor whose buyer walked from a purchase of a $3.45 million dollar property was awarded damages including two deposits, the large shortfall on the sale of the property, legal and appraisal costs, financing costs, and then also legal costs of the motion itself (Samiy Retail Inc. v. Kallarakkal, 20 … Read more »

Under the Construction Act (https://www.canlii.org/en/on/laws/stat/rso-1990-c-c30/latest/rso-1990-c-c30.html), people who supply services or materials to a project site can lien the property to which the services or materials were supplied. To curb the use of liens as leverage, the Construction Act … Read more »

R. v. Saddleback, 2026 SCC 18 (evidence, hearsay) The victim was murdered, and at trial, his girlfriend testified she had had a phone call with him and he had said “I am being ditched by those guysâ€�. The trial judge accepted the truth of this statement and found the accused guilty of second-degr … Read more »

Lawyers are increasingly being called out for submitting false quotes or citations to the court. Zhang v. Chen, 2024 BCSC 285 https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/doc/2024/2024bcsc285/2024bcsc285.html Ko v. Li, 2025 ONSC 2965 https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2025/2025onsc2965/2025onsc2965.html [23 … Read more »

I get a lot of requests from overseas practitioners to file trademarks or respond to examiners’ requests for their clients. Sometimes they are good faith requests. However, I have recently started being flooded with requests to do work at highly discounted rates. Far below the cost of providing the … Read more »