Ben Hackett

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Partner in the Litigation Group at Goodmans. Practice focuses on commercial litigation, with an emphasis on intellectual property litigation. Ben has been counsel on a number of significant cases involving patent validity and infringement, damages and profits quantification and recovery under section 8 of the Patented Medicines (NOC) Regulations on behalf of generic clients. He has also acted on a number of judicial reviews and damages claims against the Federal government. Additionally, Ben has acted as counsel on actions before the Federal Court seeking recovery under the Competition Act. He appears regularly at the trial and appeal levels of the Federal Courts and has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada.