Just because technology now exists to track a person through their mobile phone does not mean you are legally entitled to do so. This was the main conclusion by the…
Category: Smartphones
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The Future is Unfriendly for Mobilicity Acquisition by Telus
The Federal Government recently announced it would not allow Mobilicity to transfer the wireless spectrum it owns to Telus, effectively blocking a deal for the incumbent to acquire the smaller new entrant. Many see…
Can Apple Unlock a Benefit to the Smartphone Patent Wars?
There have been many high profile court cases of patent infringement in the past year, culminating in a headline-topping $1 billion award for Apple against Samsung. Even with massive awards like this, at the end…
Stay Wars: Apple Strikes Back (UPDATED)
Having won the patent infringement battle in the High Court of Justice of England & Wales, Samsung is determined to win the war. Apple, however, is attempting to stave off…
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Avoiding Poison Apples and Tending to Blackberries: Did Canada’s 1989 Shift To First-To-File Nip Small-Time Innovation In the Bud?
New legal research from the University of Pennsylvania Law School suggests so. The aim of the study, according to Professors David S. Abrams and R. Polk Wagner, is to empirically predict…
Message Delivered, But Not Received: BBM Canada Loses Case Against RIM
When hearing the word BBM, most people reach instinctively for their BlackBerry, and its instant messaging service, BlackBerry Messenger. However, there is also a company called BBM Canada, formerly known…