Wikileaks has posted a 2007 cable from the U.S. embassy in France that recommends creating a “retaliation list” against countries opposed to genetically modified crops. The plan to target countries on the GMO issue is reminiscent of similar efforts on intellectual property laws, that lead to the annual Special 301 […]
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Controversial Provisions in Olympic Marks Protection Law Expires
The Toronto Sun notes that the controversial provisions in the Olympic marks legislation – enacted to guard against ambush marketing in advance of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics – expired at the end of 2010. I wrote about the legislation here.
Copyright Predictions for 2011
Howard Knopf posts 12 copyright law and reform predictions for 2011, with an emphasis on Canada.
Public Domain Day 2011
Wallace McLean offers his annual Public Domain Day list of authors whose works entered into the public domain on January 1, 2011.
The Letters of the Law: 2010 in Tech Law from A to Z
A is for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which concluded in October with a watered-down treaty after the U.S. caved on several controversial Internet issues.
B is for Black v. Breeden, an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling involving postings on the Hollinger International, Inc. website that Conrad Black claimed were defamatory.
C is for Crookes v. Newton, the high-profile Supreme Court case that addressed the liability hyperlinks between websites.
D is for the do-not-call list, which gained new life when the CRTC pressured Bell into paying $1.3 million for multiple violations of the list rules.
E is for the Electronic Commerce Protection Act, the initial name of Canada’s anti-spam legislation that received royal assent in December, six years after a task force recommended new Canadian spam laws.
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