Post Tagged with: "canada"

Canadian Court Awards Major Counterfeiting Damages

The Canadian Trademark Blog points to another court decision awarding huge damages for counterfeiting activities in Canada.  Yet another example of how the claims that Canadian law is unable to address counterfeiting concerns do not stand up to any meaningful scrutiny.

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July 16, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

RuinediPhone.com

There is a ton of media attention on the petition at ruinediphone.com, which has collected nearly 20,000 signatures since its launch several days ago.  The Rogers pricing and data caps for the iPhone make it very difficult to use the device as a true networked device with full video and […]

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June 30, 2008 42 comments News

U.S. Consul-General Claims Canadian Copyright Weakest in G-8

The U.S. may have gotten its Canadian copyright bill, but that hasn't stopped officials from continuing their campaign of unjustifiably slamming Canadian law.  This week U.S. Consul-General Lewis Lukens told a conference audience that "Canada's current [intellectual property rights] protection may well be the weakest of any G-8 country, partly […]

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June 19, 2008 7 comments News

Canadian Broadband Ranking Continues to Drop

The OECD has released its latest broadband rankings, with Canada dropping from 9th to 10th.

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May 21, 2008 1 comment News

Study Ranks Canadian Copyright Protection Among Best in the World

Weeks after the World Economic Forum ranked Canadian intellectual property protection fourth among G8 countries, another international study has again ranked Canada as an IP protection leader.  Taylor Wessing, in association with Managing Intellectual Property, has released the Global Intellectual Property Index (study requires free registration).   Canada fares well for […]

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May 8, 2008 3 comments News