J. Bradley White
Jun 24, 2016
After a five-year legal battle waged at the United States International Trade Commission, the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Court of Canada, a settlement has been reached in the lawsuits between Standard Innovation Corp. and the LELO group of companies in connection with Standard Innovation’s patent for its couples’ vibrator, We-Vibe. In her recent article in Law Times, reporter Gabrielle Giroday discusses the multi-jurisdictional, multi-patent case and highlights the role Canadian lawyers and judges are playing in international patent litigation. For example, in this case, J. Bradley White, chair of Osler’s National Intellectual Property group, led the worldwide co-ordination of Standard Innovation’s legal strategy.
As Brad explains, “[I]ncreasingly, clients are requiring other law firms in the various jurisdictions to be co-ordinated for a variety of reasons, not the least of which, of course, is that it’s important to ensure that the strategy is consistent across these jurisdictions so you don’t take a position in Canada, for example, that might have an adverse impact on United States litigation, and, of course, vice versa.”
Ultimately, says Brad, the case resulted “in a settlement that both parties seemed to be extremely pleased with.”
Learn more about the process behind and the outcome of this case by reading Gabrielle Giroday’s article, “High-stakes world of international patent litigation” dated June 13, 2016.
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High-stakes world of international patent litigation – Law Times
Reprinted with permission from Law Times, published by Thomson Reuters Canada.