Evaluating the IC CASL regulations: the B2B exception and Non-business entities
In a previous post,Evaluating the Industry Canada CASL regulations: why they are needed, I suggested that close scrutiny needs to be given to Industry Canada’s new draft Electronic Commerce Protection...
View ArticleEvaluating the Industry Canada CASL regulations: jurisdictional overreach
In a previous post, Evaluating the Industry Canada CASL regulations: why they are needed, I suggested that close scrutiny needs to be given to Industry Canada’s new draft Electronic Commerce Protection...
View ArticleEvaluating the Industry Canada CASL regulations: defining commercial...
In a previous post, Evaluating the Industry Canada CASL regulations: why they are needed, I suggested that close scrutiny needs to be given to Industry Canada’s new draft Electronic Commerce Protection...
View ArticleEvaluating the Industry Canada CASL regulations: countering cyber-security...
In a previous post, Evaluating the Industry Canada CASL regulations: why they are needed, I suggested that close scrutiny needs to be given to Industry Canada’s new draft Electronic Commerce Protection...
View ArticleSupreme Court hears oral argument in Cinar/Robinson copyright cases (Updated)
Earlier today, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in four copyright cases arising from the decision of the Quebec Court of Appeal in the France Animation v Robinson, 2011 QCCA 1361 case. The main...
View ArticleCASL: the submissions to Industry Canada on the draft regulations
The period for filing submissions to the Industry Canada consultation on the draft Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations has closed. Industry Canada received numerous submissions from...
View ArticleGoogle liability for defamation on Blogger.com: Tamiz v Google
Last week the UK Court of Appeal in Tamiz v Google Inc [2013] EWCA Civ 68 (14 February 2013) ruled that Google, as the host of the Blogger.com site, had potential liability for defamation by failing to...
View ArticleCanada’s anti-spam law (CASL), too much of a good thing
Here is a longer version of my article published in the Financial Post this morning titled Delete this anti-spam law. Canadians don’t like spam. They also don’t like malware. But the more they learn...
View ArticleThe Combating Counterfeit Products Act
Last week, the Government introduced Bill C-56, Combating Counterfeit Products Act. It has two main objectives. First, to protect public safety and health by enacting legislation specifically to...
View ArticleUMG v Veoh: US appeal court sides with Veoh in appeal
Last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals released a revised opinion in the Veoh Networks case, UMG Recordings v Shelter Capital Partners No. 09—55902 (9th.Cir. Marc. 14, 2013), superseding the...
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