Federal Court Decisions

Date: 20010514

Docket: T-1880-00

Neutral Citation: 2001 FCT 479

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, THIS 14^th DAY OF MAY 2001

PRESENT: RICHARD MORNEAU, ESQ., PROTHONOTARY

BETWEEN:

                                 CONTOUR OPTIK INC.

                                                                                               Plaintiff

                                                  AND

                   HAKIM OPTICAL LABORATORY LTD.

                                                                                           Defendant

Motion on behalf of the Plaintiff for:

1.          An Order striking from the Amended Statement of Defence and                  Counterclaim, without leave to amend, the following:

(a)        From Amended Schedule 1, the following citations:

United States                             5,642,177        

Japan                                        7,128,620

China                                        1 117 593

Taiwan                             274,588

Germany                                   8,507,761

PCT                                   WO 9 009 611

Germany                                   3 919 489

Germany                                   3 920 879

Germany                                   3 921 987

Germany                                   3 933 310

Germany                                   3 905 041

Europe                             458 815

(b)        Amended Schedule 2 in its entirety;

           2.         An Order extending the time period for the Plaintiff to file its Reply and Defence to the Amended Statement of Defence and Counterclaim until ten (10) days from the disposition of this motion;

3.         Costs of this motion to the Plaintiff in any event of the cause and payable forthwith;

4.         Such further and other relief as this Honourable Court may seem just.

(Rules 8, 174, 181, 206 and 221 of the Federal Court Rules, 1998)

                    REASONS FOR ORDER AND ORDER

RICHARD MORNEAU, ESQ., PROTHONOTARY:

[1]         European Patent No. 458,815 is struck from Amended Schedule I.

[2]                Considering the clear wording of the Order of this Court dated February 27, 2001, the fact that the Plaintiff did not formally or informally resort to rule 397(1)(a) and the particulars provided in the March 30, 2001 letter from counsel for the Defendant, I am satisfied that no elements of the Amended Statement of Defence and Counterclaim shall be struck out or that the Plaintiff needs no further particulars to plead.

[3]                The Plaintiff shall have until May 24, 2001 to serve and file its Reply and Defence to the Amended Statement of Defence and Counterclaim.

[4]                Costs in the cause.

Richard Morneau      

Prothonotary

                         FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

    NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

COURT NO.:

STYLE OF CAUSE:

T-1880-00

CONTOUR OPTIK INC.

                                                                         Plaintiff

AND

HAKIM OPTICAL LABORATORY LTD.

                                                                     Defendant

PLACE OF HEARING:Montreal, Quebec

DATE OF HEARING:April 23, 2001

REASONS FOR ORDER BY RICHARD MORNEAU, ESQ., PROTHONOTARY

DATE OF REASONS FOR ORDER:May 14, 2001

APPEARANCES:

Mr. Daniel A. Artola		for the Plaintiff

Mr. Mark K. Evans		for the Defendant

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

McCarthy Tétrault Montreal, Quebec		for the Plaintiff
Smart & Biggar Toronto, Ontario		for the Defendant