Active Images v. Nader, 2001 FCT 1170

Date: 20011029

Docket: T-1981-00

Neutral citation: 2001 FCT 1170

Montreal, (Quebec), October 29, 2001

Present:           Richard Morneau, Esq., Prothonotary                                   

BETWEEN:

                                                   ACTIVE IMAGES, EMIGRE INC.,

                                               FSI FONTS UND SOFTWARE GMBH,

                                               THE HOEFLER TYPE FOUNDRY INC.,

                                           INTERNATIONAL TYPE FOUNDERS, INC.

                                            JEFFERY C. GILLEN, d.b.a. MINDCANDY

                                                RODRIGO CAVAZOS d.b.a. PSY/OPS,

                                                                                 and

                                                               TREACYFACES INC.

                                                                                                                                                        Plaintiffs

                                                                                 and

                                                                      FRED NADER

                                                                                                                                                      Defendant

                                                                                 and

                                              MARK ANDRESEN, BOB AUFULDISH,

                                       JOAN BARJAU, JONATHAN BARNBROOK,

                                                  JUAN DAVILA, ADELA DE BARA,

                                                       BARRY DECK, JENNY DOLL,

                                              JOHN DOWNER, MARIO FELICIANO,

                                            EDWARD FELLA, TOMI HAAPARANTA,

                                                SIBYLLE HAGMANN, FRANK HEIN,

                                             JOHN HERSEY, JONATHAN HOEFLER,

                                    IMAGE CENTRE LIMITED, STEVE JACKAMAN,

ENRIC JARDI, JEFFERY KEEDY,

BRIAN KELLY, PHILIP KRAYNA,

ALESSIO LEONARDI, ZUZANA LICKO,

LAURIE MAKELA, CONOR MANGAT,

NANCY MAZZEI, STEVE MEHALLO,

LUIS MENDO, LAURA MESEGUER,

STEPHAN MÜLLER, MILES NEWLYN,

CLAUDIO PICCININI, JOHN ROSHELL,

OLE SCHÄFER, EVAN SORNSTEIN,

ERIK SPIEKERMANN, RICHARD STARKINGS,

JOSEPH TREACY, JOSE MANUEL UROS,

RUDY VANDERLANS, CORNEL WINDLIN

                                                                                                                             Impleaded Third Parties

Motion on behalf of Plaintiffs for:

1.         An Order striking out the Defence filed by the Defendant in this matter;

2.         An Order for the Defendant to pay costs incurred by the Plaintiffs as a result of the inaccurate or deficient affidavit of documents filed by the Defendant on a solicitor-client basis, in the amount of $10,454.39;

3.         Such further relief as this Honourable Court may seem just.

                      (Rules 3, 24, 222, 224, 226 and 227 of the Federal Court Rules, 1998)

                                               REASONS FOR ORDER AND ORDER

[1]                 I am not satisfied that the dispute between the parties concerning the sufficiency of the Defendant's affidavit of documents calls for the drastic remedy of striking out the Defendant's statement of defence. In light of the position taken by counsel for the Defendant with regard to said affidavit, the Plaintiffs shall have the right to pursue the discovery of the Defendant, at the latter's costs, in order to probe the sufficiency of the Defendant's affidavit of documents dated May 7, 2001 and to ask proper questions further to the undertakings to be fulfilled further to a separate order of this Court dated October 29, 2001.

[2]                 Costs of this motion in the amount of $1,000 go to the Plaintiffs.

Richard Morneau   

                                           Prothonotary

                                                    FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

                                                                 TRIAL DIVISION

                              NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

DOCKET:

STYLE OF CAUSE:

T-1981-00

ACTIVE IMAGES, EMIGRE INC.,

FSI FONTS UND SOFTWARE GMBH,

THE HOEFLER TYPE FOUNDRY INC.,

INTERNATIONAL TYPE FOUNDERS, INC.

JEFFERY C. GILLEN, d.b.a. MINDCANDY,

RODRIGO CAVAZOS, d.b.a. PSY/OPS,

and TREACYFACES INC.

                                                                             Plaintiffs

and

FRED NADER

                                                                          Defendant

and

MARK ANDRESEN, BOB AUFULDISH, JOAN BARJAU, JONATHAN BARNBROOK, JUAN DAVILA, ADELA DE BARA, BARRY DECK, JENNY DOLL, JOHN DOWNER, MARIO FELICIANO, EDWARD FELLA, TOMI HAAPARANTA, SIBYLLE HAGMANN, FRANK HEIN, JOHN HERSEY, JONATHAN HOEFLER, IMAGE CENTRE LIMITED, STEVE JACKAMAN, ENRIC JARDI, JEFFERY KEEDY, BRIAN KELLY, PHILIP KRAYNA, ALESSIO LEONARDI, ZUZANA LICKO, LAURIE MAKELA, CONOR MANGAT, NANCY MAZZEI, STEVE MEHALLO, LUIS MENDO, LAURA MESEGUER, STEPHAN MÜLLER, MILES NEWLYN, CLAUDIO PICCININI, JOHN ROSHELL, OLE SCHÄFER, EVAN SORNSTEIN, ERIK SPIEKERMANN, RICHARD STARKINGS, JOSEPH TREACY, JOSE MANUEL UROS, RUDY VANDERLANS, CORNEL WINDLIN

                                                   Impleaded Third Parties

HEARING BY TELECONFERENCE FROM:Montreal, Quebec

DATE OF HEARING:October 22, 2001

REASONS FOR ORDER OF RICHARD MORNEAU, ESQ., PROTHONOTARY

DATED:October 29, 2001

APPEARANCES:

SOLICITORS OF RECORD: