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Google Inc. v. Equustek Solutions Inc. and Others

Canada.  28 June 2017 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Jurisdiction — Extra-territorial — Whether Canadian courts having jurisdiction to grant injunction — Interlocutory injunction — Third party — Interlocutory injunction enjoining third party to underlying dispute — British Columbia company suing former distributor for selling, via Internet, a product that allegedly infringed upon its intellectual property — British Columbia courts issuing interlocutory injunction — Google ordered to de-index globally websites of company selling allegedly infringing product — Whether non-parties to dispute immune from injunction — Whether injunction necessary and effective in preventing irreparable harm to British Columbia company — Whether British Columbia courts possessing jurisdiction to grant injunction with extraterritorial reach — Comity — Whether global injunction violating international comity — Whether injunction just and equitable

Comity — Whether Canadian courts having jurisdiction to grant global injunction — Whether offending sensibilities of any other nation — Whether territorial scope necessary for effective remedy — Whether denial of injunction equitable — Whether global injunction violating international comity — The law of Canada

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Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2020

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