Appeared in the Toronto Star on December 19, 2005 as Dangers in ISPs’ Bid For New TollsAppeared in the Ottawa Citizen on December 22, 2005 as Keep Networks Neutral Appeared in the BBC on December 22, 2005 as Towards a Two-Tier Internet The Search, a popular new book by John […]
Archive for December 18th, 2005
The Court That Gets It
The Supreme Court of Canada yesterday issued its much-anticipated (by trademarks practitioners anyway) decision in the trademark battle between Mega Blocks and Lego (the case is formally known as kirkbi ag v. ritvik holdings inc.) The unanimous court found for Mega Blocks, ending Lego' s attempts to use trademark law […]
Federal Court Issues Reasons for Anti-Net Hate Injunction
The Federal Court has issued its reasons for issuing an injunction against a series of Internet hate postings. In Canadian Human Rights Commission v. Winnicki, the presiding judge had seemingly little difficulty in finding that: 1. The speech at issue constituted hate speech and thus was unlawful.2. The Supreme Court […]
WSIS, WIPO Meetings Highlight Growing Digital Policy Divide
My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, freely available hyperlinked version) focuses on this month's WSIS and WIPO meetings in Geneva. While the meetings are distinct, both reflect the developing world's increasing frustration with global rules that have an enormous impact on technological development everywhere yet were crafted primarily […]
WIPO, WSIS Meetings Highlight Growing Digital Policy Divide
Appeared in the Toronto Star on September 19, 2005 as World Faces Internet Fork in the RoadAppeared in the Ottawa Citizen on September 22, 2005 as Worlds Apart The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which focus on global policy and standard setting for telecommunications, patents, […]
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