The user-oriented approach to copyright law expressed in CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada cannot be used to justify media freeloading under the guise of fair dealing. …
Day: November 2, 2008
Patent Grid Lock: Clearing Traffic
Trying to get from point A to B can be frustrating, particularly when stuck in gridlock. A situation Michael Heller likens to the American (and by default, the Canadian) patent…
Social Networking and Profile Ownership in Hays
In a recent blog post, Judith Kirkpatrick discusses two British cases dealing with profile ownership on the social networking websites LinkedIn and Facebook [1]. According to Kirkpatrick, the decision in…
Branded: The Battle for Trade-marks on the Web
Steve Lohr’s article “A New Battle is Beginning in Branding for the Web” highlights the trade-mark issues that are emerging in response to the ever expanding realm of internet technology.…
Good for PR or just going soft? Making patents public for the greater good
The following is based on the Globe and Mail article “Major companies agree to make anti-pollution patents public,” by Martin Mittelstadedt. Since January 2008 patents developed with the goal of…
Ohio Supreme Court Holds that Retained Memory Can Constitute a Trade Secret
In the past courts have drawn a distinction between trade secrets that were tangible or written and those that were retained in memory, offering protection for the former. That is,…