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Timestamp: 2019-04-19 08:17:45+00:00

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John Myers practises primarily in the areas of intellectual property protection and enforcement (copyrights, trademarks, domain names, trade secrets, confidential information and patent litigation), with an emphasis on issues related to the pharmaceutical industry. Since 1991, he has represented clients before the Manitoba, Ontario and British Columbia Courts, the Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada, and in arbitrations before the World Intellectual Property Organization, the National Arbitration Forum and the International Chamber of Commerce, and has coordinated litigation before the courts in the Republic of Singapore, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and numerous jurisdictions within Canada and the United States.
Admitted to the Bar, 1991, Manitoba.
Dawson College Professional Theatre Program (1975-1978).
University of Winnipeg (B.A., 1987).
University of Manitoba (J.D., 1990).
Fellow of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada.
Association des Juriste D’Expression Française du Manitoba.
Life Science Association of Manitoba.
University of Manitoba Faculty of Law; Law Society of Manitoba Bar Admissions Course; Mr. Myers is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars in Canada and the United States relating to all aspects of intellectual property with a focus on the pharmaceutical industry. A detailed speaking vitae is available upon request.
“Protecting and Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights: a (Short Primer)”, with John-Paul Bogden. The 1998 Isaac Pitblado Lectures.
appearing as counsel for organizations that represent the interests of persons with disabilities at a number of inquests examining the deaths of disabled children and adults.
William McAllum Memorial Scholarship for the Study of Law (1987-1989).
Apotex Fermentation Inc. v. Novopharm Ltd., (1998) CanLII 4886 (MBCA). Obtained an award of damages and costs totaling $6.5M as well as a six year injunction in a case involving the misappropriation of trade secrets relating to a pharmaceutical product.
Apotex Fermentation Inc. v. Novopharm Ltd., 2000 CanLII 20744 (MBQB). Obtained an order extending the duration of an injunction imposed against Novopharm for an additional 18 months, bringing the total to 7.5 years.
Finlay v. Canada (Minister of Finance), (1993) 101 D.L.R. (4th) 567 (SCC). A challenge to the Government of Canada’s interpretation of the Canada Assistance Plan relating to overpayment deductions from welfare recipients.
Rodriguez v. British Columbia (Attorney General), (1993) 107 D.L.R. (4th) 342 (SCC). Represented a disability rights organization in a case involving a challenge to the Criminal Code provisions related to assisting suicide.
Pulse Microsystems Ltd. v. SafeSoft Systems Inc., 1996 CanLII 7295 (MBCA). A successful appeal which set aside an Anton Piller order and established guidelines for granting such orders.
Shaw Cablesystems (Manitoba) Ltd. v. Canadian Legion Memorial Housing Foundation (Manitoba), (1997), 143 D.L.R. (4th) 193 (MBCA). Obtained an order preventing a cable company from unilaterally terminating a 25-year old service contract entered into with a non-profit housing cooperative.
Winnipeg Child and Family Services (Northwest Area) v. D.F.G.,  1 W.W.R. 1 (SCC). Acted for an intervenor in a case which examined a court’s jurisdiction to order a pregnant woman into a treatment program for substance abuse.
Merck & Co. v. Canada (Minister of Health), 1999 CanLII 8752 (FCA). Successfully defended Apotex Fermentation Inc. in a judicial review proceeding that attempted to quash a Notice of Compliance for the drug Apo-Lovastatin.
Canada (Attorney General) v. McKenna, (1998) 167 D.L.R. (4th) 488 (FCA). Represented the Intervenor Adoption Council of Canada in relation to provisions of the Citizenship Act that discriminate against adoptive families. Ms. McKenna’s two adopted children were ultimately granted Canadian citizenship.
M & D Farms Ltd. v. Manitoba Agricultural Credit Corporation, 1998 CanLII 779 (SCC). Obtained an injunction preventing the Manitoba Agricultural Credit Corporation from selling farm property and ultimately obtained an order returning the farm property to the debtor.
Merck & Co. v. Pharmaforte PTE Ltd.  2 SLR, 515 (H.C.); affirmed  3 SLR 717 (C.A.). Successful defence of Singapore distributor for Apotex Inc. where the trial and appeal courts concluded that there was no infringement of certain process claims and the court declared the product claims of Merck’s patent to be invalid.
News Datacom Ltd. et al v. Northern Satellite Technologies Ltd. et al. Unreported Order of Darichuk J. granted October 24, 2000 (MBQB). Acted as supervising solicitor for the execution of an Anton Piller order in the direct to home satellite television industry.
Paul Clark et al v. Nucare PLC, 2006 MBCA 101. A successful appeal which set aside a Mareva injunction and attaching order and established guidelines for granting such orders.

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