Intellectual Property
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November 19, 2024
3 associates join Gilbert’s LLP
Recent news releases from Gilbert’s LLP announced the addition of Sacha Poirier-Feraud, Robyn McDougall and Ridhey Gill as associates.
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November 19, 2024
What amounts to bad faith?
There have been several recent decisions relating to bad faith by an applicant for a trademark. The Canadian Trademark Act includes bad faith as a ground of invalidity and opposition. A decision by the U.K. Supreme Court provides further clarification concerning what is required to show bad faith.
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November 18, 2024
2 new associates join Lenczner Slaght
Recent news releases from Lenczner Slaght announced the addition of Niema Mohammad and Ravneet Minhas as associates.
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November 15, 2024
CRTC announces public consultations on Canadian content and radio station rules
Canada’s broadcasting regulator has announced public consultations on the definition of Canadian content for TV and online streaming services and more flexible rules for radio stations.
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November 15, 2024
New Alberta privacy, access to information laws ‘a long time coming,’ lawyer says
Alberta is planning a major revamp of its public sector privacy and access to information laws, and lawyers are saying the move will help the province more closely align itself with other jurisdictions in Canada.
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November 15, 2024
AI in the courtroom: Canadian Judicial Council’s new guidelines
With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, Canadian courts are under increasing pressure to address its impact. While some view AI as a possible threat to the rule of law and democracy within Canada’s justice system, AI also holds promise for enhancing court operations, reducing workloads, supporting judicial functions and improving access to justice.
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November 14, 2024
Competition Bureau: Experts call for more transparency in AI systems, new regulations
Experts have called for greater transparency in artificial intelligence (AI) systems, as well as new regulatory frameworks to address challenges posed by AI, according to a Nov. 13 release issued by the Competition Bureau.
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November 14, 2024
Blakes signs on new partner for IP litigation work
Geoffrey Mowatt, an intellectual property litigator with nearly two decades of practice, has joined the Toronto office of Blakes as a partner and co-leader of the firm’s intellectual property litigation practice, along with Fiona Legere.
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November 14, 2024
Removal of untranslated English decisions on website won’t end novel lawsuit against SCC: plaintiff
The Supreme Court of Canada’s removal of thousands of pre-1970 (mostly unilingual-English) judgments from its website won’t end an unprecedented Federal Court lawsuit that aims to compel the top court’s registry to fix alleged violations of the Official Languages Act by translating the court’s unilingual decisions into the other official language, says the plaintiff language rights group Droits collectifs Québec.
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November 13, 2024
CanLII sues AI-based legal research platform for alleged data scraping and copyright violations
The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) has filed a lawsuit against a company behind an AI chatbot over allegations it bulk downloaded over 3.5 million records from CanLII’s website in violation of its terms of service and its copyright in the relevant works.