Paul Lomic

Paul serves as a Council member for the Ontario Bar Association and is a Fellow of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC). Paul is a frequent contributor to legal education seminars and legal publications. Social Media and Internet Law – Forms and Precedents published by LexisNexis is Paul's first book. More information about the book can be found at http://tinyurl.com/k4vpwbn

Selected litigation experience:

• Lefebvre v. Pow, [2014] F.C.J. No. 613: Successfully defended an appeal in the Federal Court

• 1734983 Ontario Inc. et al. v. Tortoise Restaurant Group Inc., [2013] O.J. No. 2692: Franchising law – successfully opposed a motion to separate a counterclaim.

• Plant Products v. Greenstar Plant Products, 2011 TMOB 220: Opposed a trade-mark application that resulted in protecting the wares covered by the client’s products.

• Destiny Software Productions, Inc.  v. Musicrypt Inc., 2011 ONSC 470: Opposed a summary judgment motion to dismiss a counterclaim in its entirety preserving the client’s key causes of action.

• Kiss My Face Corporation v. LaPointe Rosenstein LLP, 2011 FC 150 (T-478-10): Represented a client in a section 45 appeal that reinstated the client’s trade-mark.

• J2 Global Communications and Catch Curve v. Protus, 2010 FC 572: Successfully defended against an appeal with costs awarded to the client.

• Belzberg v. Commissioner of Patents, 2009 FC 657 (T-248-08): Represented a client in a judicial review that forced the Commissioner of Patents to award a patent to the client. The client was awarded costs (co-counsel).
 

Articles and Papers

• Jennifer Sander and Paul Lomic, “Court balances privacy rights and copyright enforcement” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), May 2014, Volume 33, No. 2

• Jennifer Sander and Paul Lomic, “Federal Court awards $10.5 million for copyright infringment” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), April 2014, Volume 33, No. 1

• Tiffany Soucy, Kiran Bains and Paul Lomic, “Canada introduces bill to combat counterfeiting” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), June 2013, Volume 32, No. 3

• Jennifer Sander and Paul Lomic, “Supreme Court clarifies sufficiency of disclosure” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), January 2013, Volume 31, No. 10

• Jennifer Sander and Paul Lomic, “Sound trade-marks registrable in Canada” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), June 2012, Volume 31, No. 3

• Jennifer Sander and Paul Lomic, “Case Summary: Eurocopter v. Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limiteé, [2012] FC 113”, IPIC Bulletin, March/April 2012, Vo. 312, pp. 6-7

• Matthew Norwood and Paul Lomic, “New approach for summary judgment in Ontario courts” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), March 2012, Volume 30, No. 12

• Co-chair, Protecting Innovation in High-Tech Industries, Ontario Bar Assoiciation, Continuing legal education seminar, May 24, 2012

• Benjamin Mak, Matthew Norwood, Robert Wilkes and Paul Lomic, "Business Methods" patentable: Amazon.com update, Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), February 2012, Volume 30, No. 11

• Jennifer Sander and Paul Lomic, “Appeal on lack of sound prediction succeeds” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), December 2011, Volume 30, No. 9

• Paul Tackaberry and Paul Lomic, “Supreme Court clarifies ‘likelihood of confusion’ test” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), August 2011, Volume 30, No. 5

• Joanna Pitkin and Paul Lomic, “Canadian court denies stay despite concurrent U.S. action” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), July 2011, Volume 30, No. 4

• Benjamin E. Mak and Paul V. Lomic, “Business Methods can be patented” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), December 2010, Volume 29, No. 9

• Paul V. Lomic and J. Douglas Wilson  “Court finds online music previews are fair dealing” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), July 2010, Volume 29, No. 4

• Paul V. Lomic and J. Douglas Wilson “Federal Courts improving litigation process” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), August 2009, Volume 28, No. 5

• Mala Joshi, Paul Lomic and Dylan White “Overview of Intellectual Property”,  Written Materials for Ontario Bar Association (Continuing Legal Education – Seminar) “Intellectual Property Issues in a Non-IP Context”, May 4, 2009

• Paul V. Lomic “Federal Court initiatives streamline adversarial process” The Lawyers Weekly (a LexisNexis Publication), January 30, 2009

• Paul V. Lomic and J. Douglas Wilson “Supreme Court of Canada unanimously upholds selection patents” Legal Alert (a Carswell Publication), January 2009, Volume 27, No. 10

Presentations

• Co-chair, Divine Discoveries: Building a Great Case, Ontario Bar Association, Continuing legal education seminar, March 7, 2014

• Speaker, “An Overview of the Judicial Review Process”, Your First Judicial Review ,Ontario Bar Association, Continuing legal education seminar, May 7, 2013

• Co-chair, Your First Civil Trial, Ontario Bar Association, Continuing legal education seminar, March 8, 2013

• Co-chair, Protecting Innovation in High-Tech Industries, Ontario Bar Association, Continuing legal education seminar, May 24, 2012

• Faculty, Essential IP Elements and Concepts, Osgoode Professional Development, Negotiating and Drafting IT Agreements, February 7, 2012

• Co-chair, Divine Discoveries: Building a Great Case, Ontario Bar Association, Continuing legal education seminar, April 19, 2012

• Co-chair, Your First Civil Trial, Ontario Bar Association, Continuing legal education seminar, March 9, 2012

• Co-chair, Dialogue with the Bench and Bar: Tools and Tactics to Improve Your Advocacy Skills, Ontario Bar Association, Continuing legal education seminar, October 4, 2011

• Co-chair, Dialogue with the Bench and Bar: Tools and Tactics to Improve Your Advocacy Skills, Ontario Bar Association, Continuing legal education seminar, September 29, 2009

• Co-chair, Intellectual Property Issues in a Non-IP Context, Ontario Bar Association, Continuing legal education seminar, May 4, 2009

• Co-chair, More Than Simply Inserting an ® Symbol, Ontario Bar Association, Continuing legal education seminar, May 10, 2007