- Parties: The applicant was Lee Valley Tools Ltd. The respondent was Patrick Laperrière. 

- Subject Matter: This Federal Court matter involves a copyright infringement action under the Copyright Act filed by Lee Valley Tools Ltd. against its former employee, Patrick Laperrière, alleging that he retained and displayed on his personal social media accounts (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok) video works produced during his employment, and that he submitted false copyright removal requests to YouTube that caused Lee Valley's YouTube channel to be shut down. The defendant has filed a defence and counterclaim, asserting he had the plaintiff's authorization to post the videos on his own social media, that he acted in good faith in removing videos when requested, and that the plaintiff's action constitutes an abuse of process filed in retaliation for a labour complaint he filed against the plaintiff. The case is ongoing.

- Date: The hearing was set on March 18, 2026.

- Venue: This was a federal case before the Federal Court.

- Amount: No financial award was specified.