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Tuesday, 30 April 2013 12:57
Be Careful and Play Nice: A Disappointing Prescription for Privacy in CanadaWritten by Teresa Scassa
Privacy is big news these days, particularly when it comes to online activity. Internet users are increasingly being tracked by websites they visit, by advertisers on those sites, and by their mobile apps. Profiling practices are ubiquitous. Information and activities on social networking sites are mined by “big data” for purposes that are hardly transparent to users. It is in this context that the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics has just…
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Monday, 29 April 2013 11:18
Time to Reform Canada’s Protection for Official MarksWritten by Teresa Scassa
If there is any need for further evidence that the official marks provision in s. 9(1)(n)(iii) of the Trade-marks Act is in dire need of reform, then it can be found in the advertisement by Canada Post in 2005 of official marks in the words POSTAL CODE and CODE POSTAL. Official marks are a special species of trademark available only to “public authorities.” In theory, a public authority is an entity that is under the…
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Electronic Commerce and Internet Law in Canada, 2nd EditionPublished in 2012 by CCH Canadian Ltd.
Intellectual Property for the 21st CenturyIntellectual Property Law for the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary Approaches
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