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ARTICLE · 25 JANUARY 2012

2011 In Review - Top 10 Technology & IP Law Developments

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The arrival of 2012 marked the end of a year filled with numerous developments in technology and IP law.

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The arrival of 2012 marked the end of a year filled with numerous developments in technology and IP law. Taking a cue from the Canadian Communications Law blog, we've decided that this would be an excellent time to reflect on the past year and review some of its more notable developments. To that end, we've put together a list of the top 10 technology and IP law developments from the past year.

Without further ado, here are our picks for the top 10:

  1. Court of Appeal recognizes reasonable expectation of privacy in contents of work computer - In R. v. Cole, a teacher discovered with nude images of a student on his work laptop was found by the Ontario Court of Appeal to have a reasonable expectation of privacy with respect to his personal files on that laptop.

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