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).
Recent Posts
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 211: Carlos Affonso Souza on the Unprecedented Brazilian Court Order Blocking Twitter/X and VPN Use to Access the Service 
New Academic Year Requires New Approach to Combat Campus Antisemitism 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 210: Meredith Lilly on the Trade Risks Behind Canada’s Digital Services Tax and Mandated Streaming Payments 
Abandoning Institutional Neutrality: Why the University of Windsor Encampment Agreements Constrain Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 209: Peter Menzies on Why the Canadian News Sector is Broken and How to Fix It
