BlackBerry is suing Ryan Seacrest’s iPhone keyboard case company Typo for patent infringement. The suit – which also alleges trade dress infringement, dilution, unfair business practices and unjust enrichment –…
Category: Development
iCanada: Budget 2014 and the Shape of a Digital Economy Strategy
While many Canadians were justifiably preoccupied with the athletic achievements and disappointments taking place at the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, they may have overlooked the fact that Finance Minister…
The Race for the Next Innovative Visionary
Entrepreneurs create ideas that turn into worldwide sell-out products. Whichever country has the talent to conceive of these products will have a thriving economy. For these reasons, various governments are…
For Your Eyes Only: American Science Scandal Brings Possession of Scientific Data to Forefront
When Judy Mikovits had a ‘keystone’ scientific discovery widely discredited, resulting in the loss of her job, it is unlikely that she considered the state of the intellectual property laws…
Spat Between Pilot and Attendants’ Unions Results in Intrusive Disclosure Order
In Manish Patel v Unite, [2012] EWHC 92 (QB), a pilot, who claims he was defamed and harassed by postings on the British Airline Steward and Stewardesses Association (BASSA) forum,…
Federal Court of Appeal Upholds Patent Infringement and Validity in Phostech v. Valence
Danny Titolo is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Federal Court of Appeal upheld the trial decision of Justice Gauthier in Phostech v. Valence ruling in favour…