Professor Geist comments in IT World on the likelihood of future Canadian government interventions into foreign patent disputes. The question arose in light of a patent dispute between Nortel and Ciena.
Archive for January, 2005
Why Ottawa Should Stand On Guard in RIM Patent Case
Professor Geist’s weekly Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) examines the recent intervention by the Canadian government in the Research in Motion patent dispute. The column argues that rather than criticizing the government for its involvement, a more appropriate response would be to […]
Why Ottawa should stand on guard in RIM case
The acronym IP means a variety of different things to different people. To computer scientists, IP refers to Internet Protocol, the technical standard that plays a key role in the network design of the Internet. To politicians, IP may be used as shorthand for Industrial Policy, while economists may think […]
Agfa v. Adobe Decision
is posted below.
Government of Canada Files Brief in RIM Patent Case
Professor Geist appeared on CBC's As It Happens on January 18th to discuss the Government of Canada's decision to file a supporting brief in the patent infringement suit involving RIM. Professor Geist highlighted the jurisdictional concerns raised by the U.S. decision (real audio).
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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 200: Colin Bennett on the EU’s Surprising Adequacy Finding on Canadian Privacy Law 
Debating the Online Harms Act: Insights from Two Recent Panels on Bill C-63 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 199: Boris Bytensky on the Criminal Code Reforms in the Online Harms Act 
AI Spending is Not an AI Strategy: Why the Government’s Artificial Intelligence Plan Avoids the Hard Governance Questions 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 198: Richard Moon on the Return of the Section 13 Hate Speech Provision in the Online Harms Act
