July is a notoriously bad month for sports fans. No NHL, no NBA, no NFL, and unless your team is above .500 after the all-star break you have probably already…
Category: Technology
AI for Lawyers Conference Highlights: Exciting and challenging AI technology developments in litigation, immigration, and transactional law
The Law Commission of Ontario, in collaboration with Element AI and Osgoode Hall Law School recently hosted an AI for Lawyers conference. The conference featured a panel of legal practitioners…
Researchers win $1.89M grant to search for AI solution to infant pain assessment
On April 2, a team of York University researchers led by psychology Professor Rebecca Pillai Riddell, associate vice-president research and the director of the Opportunities to Understand Childhood Hurt (O.U.C.H.)…
A Possible Legal Response to the Rise of Smart Clothing
In the third instalment of the Toronto Wearables Series, I began to discuss a possible path forward in the regulation of smart clothing. The rise of new ideas and innovations…
The (Un)Controllable Rise of Smart Clothing
In the second instalment of the Toronto Wearables Series, I discussed how wearable technology, such as smart watches or smart headbands, has become somewhat common. Indeed, it has enabled users…
Randomly Generated Art Draws Copyright and Trademark Infringement Claims
When Adam Basanta created his art installation “All We’d Ever Need is One Another”, he wanted to explore technological automatization and the commercialization of art. But as he told the…