‘Twas the season for video games. And what better way to top up the coolest gift you gave over the holidays than with an accompanying list of privacy warnings for your loved one?

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Entertainment Software Association of Canada v SOCAN was one of two 5-4 split decisions of the copyright pentalogy decisions released on July 12. Online media and software producers and distributors won a major victory. The Supreme Court ruled that the “communication to the public by telecommunication” right does not apply to downloads of a musical [...]

Posted in Canada, Cloud Services, Copyright, copyright reform, Digital Downloads, Digital Locks, Feature Post, Gaming, Internet, IP, IP Reform, Music Industry, Music Industry, Supreme Court of Canada, Technology, Telecommunications
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In an effort to draw a line in the sand in the smartphone market, an “innocent bystander” has been caught in the legal crossfire. Following a successful sales ban of the Xbox 360 in Germany, Motorola set its sights on the gaming console’s home turf, and currently, things are not looking good for Microsoft in [...]

Posted in Competition, Competition Law, Gaming, Infringement, IP, Patent Trolls, Patents, Technology, US
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Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, the Founder and Director of the new IP Intensive Program, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. This December copyright is coming to town!  Five historic hearings at the Supreme Court of Canada and a brand new copyright bill in Parliament have the [...]

Posted in Cloud Services, Copyright, copyright reform, Digital Downloads, events, Fair Dealing, Feature Post, Gaming, Internet, Literary Works, Movies, Music Industry, Secondary (ISP) Liability, Smartphones, Supreme Court of Canada, Telecommunications
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