The Harold G. Fox Moot

Congratulations to all the participants, including the following award winners, of the 2017 Harold G. Fox Moot.

• The Harold G. Fox Cup for the best mooting team:
  • Winner: Brandon Carter and Laurent Paulin, University of Ottawa
  • Runner up: Amir Eftekharpour and Maud Rozee, University of Toronto
• The Donald F. Sim Award for the best oral advocate:
  • Winner: Amir Eftekharpour, University of Toronto
  • Runner up: Jenna Handford, University of Alberta
  • Honourable Mentions (alphabetically): Jacob Green, Western University; Daniel Reimer, University of Manitoba; Cameron Rempel, Queen’s University; Justine Smith, University of Manitoba
• The Gordon F. Henderson Award for the best factum writers:
  • Appellant: Brandon Carter and Laurent Paulin, University of Ottawa
  • Respondent: Amir Eftekharpour and Maud Rozee, University of Toronto
  • Honourable Mentions: Ben Johnson and Daniel Reimer, University of Manitoba (Respondent); Ryerson Neal and Edward Sullivan, University of Toronto (Appellant)
• The DLA Piper award for the best mooter in a non-graduating year: Jenna Handford, University of Alberta. Jenna and a teammate will be invited to represent their school at the 2018 Oxford International IP Moot in England.

The Fox Moot Committee thanks the sponsors, panellists, volunteers and organizers who worked hard to make this annual moot such a success.

Several clarifications (PDF) to the problem have been posted in response to the questions for clarification submitted to the IP Moot Committee:

1. According to the first sentence of paragraph 8, the evidence was that Ms. Ion is reliable and very clever.
2. Each day a public tour went past the fermentation tank and the evidence was that the rinse step was sometimes seen by the tour. See paragraph 21 of the Trial Court’s reasons and paragraph 3 of the Appeal Court’s reasons for a description of what was able to be seen by visitors.
3. The Canadian patent application that is referenced in paragraph 12 of the Trial Court’s reasons included a priority claim to the previously-filed U.S. patent application.
4. At the commencement of trial, NA-Seal was listed on the 123 Patent as the applicant and owner.

The Fox Moot website has been updated for the 2016/2017 season, including the schedule for the problem and factums leading to the moot itself on February 24 and 25, 2017.