In a patent infringement action against three corporations and three individuals, the Federal Court dismissed a motion to stay requirements for the defendants to provide discovery documents and take further steps pending the disposition of their security for costs motion.

In January 2019, the plaintiffs brought the underlying patent infringement action against the corporate defendants. The action alleged that three corporations breached three patents.

The plaintiffs later sought amendments to name three directors of the corporate defendants as individual defendants in the action. The plaintiffs claimed that the proposed individual defendants set up a complex corporate scheme to sell unlicensed products.

The defendants countered that the requested amendments were statute-barred under s.

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