The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has rejected the Legal Rights Objection (LRO) of the Canadian Real Estate Association of Ottawa to the registration of the generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) .mls…
Day: August 7, 2013
Patent Trolls or Patent Heroes? – The Increasing Pressure on Patent Assertion Entities
On July 13, 2013, the New York Times published an article on Erich Spangenberg’s business enterprise, IPNav, which is considered to be one of the largest Patent Assertion Entities (“P.A.E.s”) in…
Acknowledging Copyright’s Illegitimate Offspring: User-Generated Content and Canadian Copyright Law
Bill C-11[1] provides for a new exception to infringement for user-generated content (UGC), along with new grounds for fair dealing. These provisions, combined with a strong and clear message from…