Kirby Cohen

Associate

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Kirby Cohen is an associate in the Litigation Group at Goodmans.

Kirby’s practice focuses on commercial and intellectual property litigation and covers a wide range of areas, including contractual disputes, patent litigation, judicial reviews, plans of arrangement and construction matters.

Kirby has been counsel for Canada’s largest generic pharmaceutical manufacturer in cases involving patent validity and infringement, damages and profits quantification, contractual disputes, trademarks and monopolies claims and recovery under section 8 of the Patented Medicines (NOC) Regulations.

Kirby has appeared before the Federal Court, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Ontario Court of Appeal and Commercial List.

REPRESENTATIVE WORK

Kirby’s representative work includes acting for:

• Apotex Inc. in a judicial review involving the Canadian Commissioner of Lobbying
• Apotex Inc. in patent infringement proceedings commenced in respect of patents covering the pharmaceutical ingredients in certain birth control pills
• a Canadian airline for a plan of arrangement resulting from recent amendments to the Canada Transportation Act
• the Liquidator of Reliance Insurance Company in respect of settlement agreements with excess liability policy holders and the ability of the government to be bound by said agreements
• Apotex Inc. in a damages and profits quantification proceeding as a result of an asserted patent infringement involving the pharmaceutical ingredient omeprazole

INDUSTRY RECOGNITION

Kirby is recognized as a "Rising Star" by IP Stars, the guide to the world's leading law firms and practitioners.