OpenAI Toronto Star jurisdiction decision
An Ontario court just released an important decision refusing to dismiss a copyright, unjust enrichment, and breach of contract claims brought by the Toronto Star and other newspaper…
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Trademark Infringement and AI: the Getty and Cohere cases
In a prior blog post on the landmark decision in Getty Images (US) Inc v Stability AI Limited [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch), I summarized the U.K. court’s decision finding that Stability AI was not…
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Copyright Infringement and AI: Insights from Getty v Stability AI
In a landmark decision released yesterday in Getty Images (US) Inc v Stability AI Limited [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch), a United Kingdom court ruled that Stability AI was not liable for secondary…
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Technology Law Updates from the CAN-TECH Conference
I was pleased to speak on October 24 at the Canadian Technology Law Association (CAN-TECH) Fall Conference in Toronto. CAN-TECH is the national association representing Canadian technology…
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Contracts, Personal Jurisdiction and Electronic Agreements
Most contracts contain clauses that govern both choice of law and venue for resolving disputes. However, there are occasions where questions arise as to where a contract is formed, especially…
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Tiktok Privacy Decision: A Major Compliance Warning
You may be in for an unpleasant surprise when you read the September 23, 2025 findings of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) in PIPEDA Findings # 2025-003. The decision,…
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Canada Right to Be Forgotten and Search Engines
Late last month, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (“OPC” or “Commissioner”) released a report of its findings holding that search engines like Google can be required to de-list…
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What Are NFTs and Are NFTs Goods Under Trademark Law? A Key Ruling from the U.S. Ninth Circuit
New technologies frequently challenge existing legal frameworks, and few innovations have sparked more legal debate than those related to blockchain and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Two of the…
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Who is Canada’s Top Lawyer in Copyright, IP, Technology, Privacy & AI?
When search was king, people used to “google” themselves to see what search results appeared. Increasingly, some people are starting to “ChatGPT” themselves asking similar questions. As a lark…
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Copyright notice and notice: the Voltage Pictures Case
The Federal Court of Appeal released an important decision comprehensively reviewing the notice and notice regime in the Copyright Act (the “N&N regime”) in Voltage Pictures v.…
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