Technology has been changing the way that people shop for years. Over the past decade, e-commerce platforms and social media applications have allowed forward-looking brands and retailers to embrace technology…
Tag: COVID-19
Where Have You Been? Canada Wants to Know
The rise of contact tracing apps requires countries to declare where their values lie on privacy, and Canada is no exception. When Canadians were first ordered to self-isolate, the IPilogue…
Fashion’s Response to COVID-19 and the Regulatory Considerations in Producing Face Masks
Around the world, fashion companies have rushed to reallocate resources in order to address shortages in essential products amid the current global health pandemic. Paris-based giant LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis…
Bill C-13 (Covid-19 Emergency Response Act) amendments to Patent Act
The typical justification for modern patent systems is that of incentive-based utilitarianism: there exists a level of IP protection that produces an optimal balance of production of intellectual works and…
Internet Archive: Challenging Copyright Holders Around the World
On March 24, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Internet Archive (archive.org) announced a National Emergency Library providing unlimited public access to its collection of 1.4 million archived…
Patent Infringement Claimant: COVID-19 Research Facilitator, Patent Troll, or Both?
In response to the global outbreak of COVID-19, many countries have been racing to develop vaccines and test existing drugs to fight the pandemic. On March 9th, 2020, Labrador Diagnostics…