David Akin points to a recent Strategic Counsel survey (full report, executive summary) conducted on intellectual property awareness within Canada's SME community. The findings suggest that intellectual property issues rank well down on the priority list for most Canadian businesses. Most know little about IP and profess limited concern about […]
Archive for October 25th, 2007
UBC Fights for the Right to Monitor Employees
The Vancouver Province reports that UBC is going to court to fight a B.C. Privacy Commissioner order that ruled against their use of computer monitoring software to track employee Internet usage.
Groups Raise Counterfeiting Fears
Several groups, led by the Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network, held a press conference yesterday to trumpet concerns associated with counterfeiting. The article notes that the RCMP will no longer commit to a specific counterfeiting figure, but believes that the cost is in the billions.
Facebook Seeks Court Order For Canadian ISP Customer Info
The National Post reports that Facebook has asked a Canadian court to order Rogers and Look Communications to disclose customer information related to alleged attempted thefts of personal information on the social networking site.
SCC to Make Factums Available Online
Simon Fodden reports from the LexUM Conference (I'm there too) that Supreme Court of Canada Justice Michel Bastarache just informed the conference that the Court is committed to providing factums online beginning with a series of test cases next year.
Recent Posts
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 214: Erin Millar on Trust in Media and the Implementation of the Online News Act 
The Bill on Canada’s Digital Policy Comes Due: Blocked News Links, Cancelled Sponsorship, Legal Challenges, and Digital Ad Surcharges 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 213: Elaine Craig on Mainstreaming Porn and Why Bill S-210 May Make Matters Worse 
The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 212: Matt Hatfield on the State of Canadian Digital Policy as Politicians Return from the Summer Recess 
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
