At the Supreme Court of Canada, Google Inc. will be searching for a more favourable ruling than it got at the Court of Appeal for British Columbia in Equustek Solutions Inc. v. Google Inc. The appeal stems from the BC Supreme Court’s granting of an injunction requiring Google to de-index certain websites from its […]

Posted in Canada, Infringement, Internet, IP, Jurisdiction, Social Media, Technology, Trade Secrets, US
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On May 22nd, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (“UKSC”) decided the case Verstergaard, and in doing so created an important precedent concerning the relevance of subjective aspects of personal liability when misusing trade secrets and confidential information.

Posted in Competition, Competition Law, Contracts, Trade Secrets, UK, UK
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The long battle in the American courts over Myriad Genetics’ patents of BRCA1 and BRCA2, the primary diagnostic genes for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer has been well-documented in the IPilogue (see coverage by Beatrice yesterday as well as previous posts here, here, and here). Now, Myriad is poised to defend their patents at the Supreme Court for a second time, with […]

Posted in Blogs, Commercialization, Competition, European Union, Human Rights, Innovation, Patent Practice, Patentability, Patents, Regulatory Policy, Trade Secrets, US
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In recent years, the threat of cyber crime has become a staple of the news cycle. While most reports focus on threats to unwitting consumers, a recent New York Times article looked at the predicament facing publicly traded companies.

Posted in Blogs, Internet, Regulatory Policy, Reputation Management, Technology, Trade Secrets, Uncategorized
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