Appeared in the Toronto Star on December 9, 2012 as Secrecy the Standard as Canada Enters Trans Pacific Partnership Talks Despite growing opposition in Canada, the Canadian government has begun formal participation in the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations, aimed at establishing one of the world’s most ambitious trade agreements. As […]
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File Sharing Lawsuits Could Lead to Clogged Courts as Canadians Rely on New Liability Caps
Appeared in the Toronto Star on December 2, 2012 as New Wave of File Sharing Lawsuits Could Test Canadian Law The Canadian Internet community has been buzzing for the past week over reports that a Montreal-based company has captured data on one million Canadians who it says have engaged in […]
UN Internet Meeting About Who Pays, Not Who Rules
Appeared in the Toronto Star on November 27, 2012 as UN Internet Meeting About Who Pays, Not Who Rules Should the Internet be treated like traditional phone services when it comes to regulation and pricing? That is the contentious question as the International Telecommunications Union, a United Nations agency with […]
Supreme Court Serves Stunning Reminder of the Patent Bargain
Appeared in the Toronto Star on November 18, 2012 as Supreme Court Serves Stunning Reminder of the Patent Bargain The House of Commons Committee on Industry, Science and Technology has spent the past few months hearing from a myriad of companies on the Canadian intellectual property system. With few public […]
What the New Copyright Law Means For You
Appeared in the Toronto Star on November 11, 2012 as What the New Copyright Law Means For You More than a decade of debate over Canadian copyright reform came to a conclusion last week as Bill C-11, the fourth try at reform since 2005, formally took effect. While several elements […]
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