- Parties: The applicant was Robert Taillefer. The respondents were the Attorney General of Canada and Sylvain Fredette.

- Subject Matter: This judicial review application challenged a decision of the Director of the Patent Policy and International Affairs Division of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office for and on behalf of the Commissioner of Patents. The decision denied the applicant’s request for reinstatement of Canadian Patent No. 2,690,767. The applicant alleged that the Commissioner erred in requiring the applicant to take “all possible actions” and both “reasonable and unreasonable” measures to meet the requirement of “due care” in s. 46(5)(b) of the Patent Act, 1985. 

- Date: The hearing was set on Sept. 25, 2023.

- Venue: This was a federal case before the Federal Court.

- Amount: No financial award was specified.