Federal court finds credit bureau at fault
For the London Free Press – February 14, 2011 Read this on Canoe PIPEDA: Law requires a high degree of accuracy when collecting personal information The recent Federal Court of Canada decision in Nammo...
View ArticleTwo noteworthy Ontario privacy decisions
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice just released a decision saying that there is no free-standing tort of invasion of privacy in Ontario. For more detail see the Jones v Tsige decision (pdf), and...
View Articleprivacy and driver’s licenses and license plates
That is the title of my Slaw post for today. It reads as follows: Various Canadian Privacy Commissioners have taken the position that car license plate numbers are personal information, and thus...
View ArticleHacked evidence not always admissible
For the London Free Press - April 25, 2011 Read this on Canoe There is a common-law rule that illegally obtained evidence is admissible in court no matter how it was obtained. But there are...
View ArticleSupreme Court of Canada trade-mark decision on confusion
That’s the title of my Slaw post for today. It reads as follows. The Supreme Court of Canada recently released its decision in the case of Masterpiece v Alvida which clarified some trade-mark issues,...
View ArticleThorough search averts lawsuit
For the London Free Press - July 4, 2011 – Read this on Canoe You have designed the perfect logo for your business. Before investing more time and money in using and promoting your new logo, you want...
View ArticleA domain name is property
For the London Free Press – September 19, 2011 – Read this on Canoe Whether a domain name (such as www.harrisonpensa.com) is property that one owns — or just “a bundle of rights” — has been the subject...
View ArticleNet not a defamation-free zone
For the London Free Press – October 3, 2011 Read this on Canoe ONLINE: ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT DECISION DOES NOT MEAN YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH IMPUNITY The Ontario Superior Court recently...
View ArticleRelease protects shows from lawsuits
For the London Free Press – March 19, 2012 – Read this on Canoe Ever wonder why reality TV shows are not sued by contestants over their portrayal on TV? It’s because the releases they sign effectively...
View ArticleCourt quashes double-dipping fees on music, books
For the London Free Press – August 13, 2012 Read this on Canoe Consumers can breathe a small sigh of relief. The Supreme Court of Canada recently released judgments on five different cases involving...
View ArticleCopyright process a complex action
For the London Free Press – February 24, 2014 Read this at lfpress.com In December 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that copyright applies to protect how an idea was expressed in a story,...
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