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Copyright law 2013: the year in review

Yesterday, I gave a talk at the Law Society of Upper Canada’s 18h Annual Intellectual Property Law: The Year in Review program. My talk canvassed developments in copyright in Canada, the US and UK in 2013. My slides are shown below. The associated paper prepared in collaboration with Glen Bloom, with the help of others, is available here.

The following copyright cases from Canada, the USA, and UK are dealt with in the slides. The paper has additional Canadian cases.

CANADA

(AOM ) NA Inc.

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CASL – An FAQ

Earlier today, I had the pleasure of attending a conference of the Barreau de Montreal on the subject of Canada’s anti-spam/spyware law (CASL). I was on a panel with Bill Abbott , Senior Legal Counsel, Legal Affairs, Bell Canada, Lynne Perrault , Director of the Division of Enforcement of electronic commerce, with the CRTC, and Stephanie Rich, Assistant General Counsel, protection of privacy and ethics, Aimia.

My talk was titled Canada’s anti-spam law – An FAQ. My slides are set out below.…

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IT.CAN conference highlights

Last week, the Canadian IT Law Association held its Seventeenth Annual Canadian IT Law Conference. IT.CAN is Canada’s premier organization for IT law professionals. It had a very good attendance from both in-house and private practice lawyers.

I spoke at the session on Complex IT Service Agreements, on a panel with Jay Safer from IBM, and Amy Lynne Williams from Deeth Williams Wall. it was moderated by Fraser Mann.

There were some very interesting topics in the program. The highlights for me were the following:

David Canton talked about wearable computing including technologies such as Google glasses and smart watches.

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UGC under Canadian copyright law: does the exception conform to international law?

IP Osgoode held a symposium today on the topic of User Generated Content under Canadian Copyright Law. I had the pleasure to speak on the topic “Is the UGC exception in conformity with international treaty standards?” My slides are set out below. Videos of the presentation are available at the IPOsgoode site…

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Canada’s anti-spam law and universities

Contrary to a popular misconception, Canada’s anti-spam law (CASL) will apply to Canadian universities. Unlike universities and charities in other countries like Australia that have specific exemptions, CASL will impose significant burdens on these organizations even though they are the least likely offenders and have very constrained resources, making compliance even more difficult for them.

When CASL was introduced, the public was told that organizations that did not engage in commercial activities such as charities did not need to worry about CASL because it only applied to the extent their communications involved selling or promoting a product.…

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Internet and copyright: significant developments

Yesterday, I gave a talk at the U.S. Federal Circuit Bar Association’s IP conference in Toronto. My talk was on Significant Recent Developments: Internet and Copyright. My slides are shown below and are available here.…

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U.S. Federal Circuit Bar Association IP conference coming to Toronto

The U.S. Federal Circuit Bar Association is holding an IP conference in Toronto on September 17, 2013. The conference title is Trade, Intellectual Property and Recovering Economies: A Search for Best Practices.

This unique event, sponsored by the Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA), has a fabulous program that includes the following topics:

Innovation
Patent, Internet and Copyright Litigation
International Trade
Views from the Courts and the Patent Offices

Some key speakers include the following:

Chief Judge Randall R. Rader – United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Justice Judith Snider – Federal Court of Canada
Judge Charles Bullock – Chief Administrative Law Judge, United States International Trade Commission
Judge Timothy C.

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Developments in Computer, Internet and E-Commerce Law (2012-2013)

Earlier today, I gave my annual presentation to the Toronto Computer Lawyers’ Group on developments in Computer, Internet, and e-commerce Law. The slides cover the period from my last presentation in June 2012, Developments in Computer, Internet and E-Commerce Law (2011-2012).

The cases summarized in the slides below canvass developments in a number of countries and include cases from Canada, United States, UK, Ireland, Australia, and Israel.

CANADA

1004964 Ontario Inc. v. Aviya Technologies Inc., 2013 ONSC 51

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Representations, warranties and indemnities in IT transactions

Yesterday, Helen Aston and I spoke at IT.Can’s The 2003 Information Technology Law Spring Forum. Our topic was Representations, Warranties and Indemnities (in IT transaction) – A Primer. The slides we used as a conversation starter are shown below.

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