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TRADEMARKS


LITIGATION EXPERIENCE


TRIALS

BMW v Nissan (2007), 57 C.P.R. (4th) 81

A&W v McDonalds (2005), 40 C.P.R. (4th) 126

Kirkbi AG v Ritvik Holdings Inc (2002) 20 C.P.R. (4th) 224

Molson Canada v Oland Breweries (2001) 11 C.P.R. (4th) 199

Big Sisters Association v Big Brothers of Canada (1997), 75 C.P.R. (3d) 177

White Industries v Beam Canada (1991), 39 C.P.R. (3d) 94

Asbjorn Hogard v Gibbs Nortac (1986), 9 C.P.R. (2d) 341

Orkin v Pestco Company Exterminating (1984), 80 C.P.R. (2d) 153

APPEARANCES IN THE
SUPREME COURT OF CANADA

Kirkbi AG (Lego) v Ritvik Holdings Inc (Mega Bloks) [2005] 3 S.C.R. 302

This is the leading case on the constitutionality of Section 7(b) in the Trademarks Act and the law of functionality of trademarks


EXPERT EVIDENCE


International Private Arbitration

Delivered an expert report to Dentons LLP on Canadian trademark law and practice and gave testimony at the arbitration hearing held in February 2019 in Frankfort, Germany


Trademark Lectures and Editorial Appointments

  • ‎Contributing Editor and Member of Advisory Board, Practical Law Canada, Thomson Reuters
    (‎‎2015-‎‎2019)‎

  • Lecturer in LL.M. program for Osgoode Hall Law School of York University (Intellectual Property Remedies), tri-annually
    (1998-2016)

  • Editor-in-Chief, Intellectual Property Journal, Federated Press
    (2004-2012)‎

  • Contributing Editor, Intellectual Property Journal, Federated Press
    (1996-2003)‎

  • Contributing Editor, Editorial Board of Canadian Commercial Law Guide, CCH Canadian
    (1995-2000)‎

 

 Ron Dimock is a Trademark Luminary and lauded as a trademark “guru” by those in the industry.

- World Trademark Review 1000 (2022)