
Vik Tenekjian
Vik may have a restless soul, but he puts it to good use in advocating on behalf of his clients. Vik focuses his practice on litigation, particularly patent and copyright litigation. Vik regularly represents some of the biggest names in the software industry, including Microsoft Corporation, Adobe Systems Inc., Siemens Product Life Cycle Management Inc., Symantec Corporation, Autodesk Inc., Rosetta Stone Ltd., and BSA the Business Software Alliance. Vik also represents clients in pharmaceutical patent litigation, including Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations proceedings.
Vik has always been at the top of his class, graduating with distinction from both McGill University and Osgoode Hall Law School, and has won numerous class awards and merit based scholarships. Vik also has the distinction of being one of the youngest ever first-authors of an international peer-reviewed scientific publication, Protein Science, at the age of 21.
When he is not litigating matters and protecting the intellectual property of the world's foremost innovators, Vik likes to unwind by travelling around the world (45 countries visited, and counting), surfing, hiking, and surviving plane crashes.
Areas of Practice
- Intellectual Property
- Contract Litigation
Education
- Osgoode Hall Law School, Petrolia, Ontario, Canada
- J.D. - 2005
- McGill University
- B.Sc - 2001
- Honours: With Distinction
- Major: Microbiology and Immunology
- Minor: Hispanic Studies
Published Works
- Immunochemical evidence that cholesteryl ester transfer protein and bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein share a similar tertiary structure, Protein Science, 8, pp. 2392-2398, doi:10.1110/ps.8.11.2392, 1999
- The Same But Different: Patent Linkage in Canada (co-authors: Emily Kettel and Jamie Goodman), LMG Life Sciences, 2, pp.153-153
Representative Cases
- Microsoft Corporation v. Liu, 2016 FC 950
- Astrazeneca Canada Inc. v Apotex Inc., FCA 47 (2013)
- Astrazeneca Canada Inc. v Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., FC 232 (2013)
- Adobe Systems Incorporated et al v Dale Thompson, FC 1219 (2012)
- Astrazeneca Canada Inc. v Pharmascience Inc., FC 1189 (2012)
- Astrazeneca Canada Inc v Apotex Inc, FC 991 (2012)
- Astrazeneca Canada Inc. and Astrazeneca AB v Mylan Pharmaceuticals ULC and Minister of Health, T-134-10 (Federal Court), April 2010 (unpublished)
- Abbott Laboratories Ltd. v Canada (Health), FC 919 (2008)
- AstraZeneca Canada Inc. v Apotex Inc., FC 537 (2008)
- Abbott Laboratories Ltd. v Canada (Health), FC 865 (2007)
- Novopharm Ltd. v Abbott Laboratories Ltd., FCA 251 (2007)
- Eli Lilly Canada Inc. v Novopharm Ltd., FC 1278 (2006)
- Calgon Carbon Corporation v North Bay (City), FC 1373 (2006)
Representative Clients
- BSA the Business Software Alliance
- Siemens Industry Software Limited
- Adobe Systems Incorporated
- Microsoft Corporation
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, Associate, 2005 - Present
- Canadian Bar Association, Member, 2005 - Present
Past Employment Positions
- Gowlings LLP, Associate, 2006 - 2010
- Smart & Biggar / Fetherstonhaugh, Associate, 2010 - 2013
Languages
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Armenian