Intellectual Property
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August 09, 2024
Canada sanctions Belarusian judges complicit in Lukashenko regime’s jailing of political prisoners
Canada and its allies have imposed asset freezes and immigration bans on certain Belarusian judges and others who facilitate repression and violations of human rights in their country, including jailing hundreds of political prisoners at the behest of President Alexander Lukashenko’s illegitimate regime.
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August 07, 2024
Detecting, avoiding deceptive design patterns: Insights from 2024 privacy sweep
In a recent review of over 1,000 websites and apps, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), in conjunction with its global counterparts, found that nearly all had at least one deceptive design element that potentially violated privacy requirements.
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August 06, 2024
New partner joins Blaney McMurtry
A recent news release from Blaney McMurtry LLP announced that Christopher Tan has joined the firm as a partner in its intellectual property group.
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August 06, 2024
New associate joins Smart & Biggar
A recent news release from Smart & Biggar announced the addition of Udai Grewal as an associate in the firm’s Vancouver office.
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August 02, 2024
Canada, U.S. come to terms on Technology Safeguards Agreement for space industry
Global Affairs Canada has announced that Canada and the United States have concluded “substantive negotiations” on the Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) for space launch technology.
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August 02, 2024
New principal appointed at Smart & Biggar
A recent news release from Smart & Biggar announced that David Walters was appointed a principal in the firm’s EICT Patents practice.
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August 01, 2024
Court approves sale of carwash, finding patent rights in facility were exhausted in earlier sale
The Alberta Court of King’s Bench has approved the sale of a car wash owned by an insolvent company, dismissing a former owner's claim that any new owner must enter into a licensing agreement with it due to patented technology in the facility’s design.
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August 01, 2024
5 senior associates announced at Smart & Biggar
Recent news releases from Smart & Biggar announced the promotion of Tierney GB Deluzio, Olivier Jean-Lévesque, Nora Labbancz, Matthew Norton and Michael Sgro to senior associate.
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July 31, 2024
Federal political parties collecting sensitive voter data in a regulatory void, warns report
In a British Columbia courtroom this past May, the country’s three main political parties came together in common cause: to maintain unregulated access to sometimes sensitive voter information collected by a mushrooming industry of political consultants.
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July 31, 2024
Recent copyright developments: Statutory damages
In Vidéotron Ltée v. Konek Technologies Inc., 2023 FC 741, 202 C.P.R. (4th) 311, the court said the purpose of the subsection 38.1 is to prevent a mechanical application of the section from leading to the awarding of disproportionate sums. It would be paradoxical if the purpose of the provision could be frustrated by interpreting it in a too technical or mechanical fashion. The concept of “medium” must be applied while considering the wide variety of types of works that can be subject to copyright and the growing diversity of technological means of reproducing or retransmitting these works. A pragmatic approach is called for.