Ekaterina K. Tsimberis

Practice Details

• Languages
  English
  French
  Greek
• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner, Montreal; Barrister and Solicitor, Trademark Agent

  Firm Name

  Smart & Biggar
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Diageo Canada v. Heaven Hill Distilleries et al, 2017 FC 571 - Successfully represented Plaintiff in protecting
  enforcing CAPTAIN MORGAN trade dress. Defendant was held liable for trademark infringement, passing off
  depreciation of goodwill,
  required to destroy or deliver up infringing ADMIRAL NELSON'S product,
  compensate Plaintiff for legal fees
  damages or profits.
  Sport Maska Inc v Bauer Hockey Corp., 2016 FCA 44 - Successfully represented (with Francois Guay
  Jean-Sebastien Dupont) the Respondent Bauer Hockey before The Federal Court of Appeal. The latter revisited the law on third party interventions
  upheld the decisions of the motions judge (2014 FC 853)
  prothonotary of the Federal Court (2014 FC 594) dismissing a motion brought by Bauer Hockey's competitor, Reebok-CCM, to intervene in appeal proceedings initiated by Bauer Hockey from a decision of the Registrar of Trademarks to expunge one of Bauer Hockey's trademarks in the context of summary administrative proceedings initiated by another of Bauer Hockey's competitors, Easton Sports.
  Chanel S de RL v Cultural Connections LLC, 2014 TMOB 126 (CanLII) - Successful opposition proceeding on behalf of the opponent Chanel S de RL against the registration of the trademark EDEN ALLURE & Tree Design. Cultural Connections LLC's appeal T-1894-14 to the Federal Court discontinued.
  Bodum USA Inc
  PI Design AG v Trudeau Corporation (1889) Inc, 2012 FC 1128 - Successfully represented the respondent Trudeau Corporation in an industrial design infringement action where the Court rejected the plaintiffs' claim of industrial design infringement
  declared their industrial design registrations invalid. This is the first industrial design infringement decision on the merits emanating from any level of the Federal Court since a 1993 amendment to the infringement provisions of the Industrial Design Act .
  Institut National des Appellations d'Origine v Vincor (Quebec) Inc. (2003), 32 C.P.R. (4th) 279 (T.M.O.B) (Carriere, J.) - Successful opposition proceeding on behalf of the opponent Institut National des Appellations d'Origine against the registration of the trademark SAVEUR DE PROVENCE.