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Our government worked hard to strike the right balance in the Copyright Modernization Act.

The essence of a passing-off action is a misrepresentation and resultant confusion in the minds of the public which causes or is likely to cause damage to the plaintiff.

In "Century 21 Canada Limited Partnership v Rogers Communications Inc.", the BC Supreme Court upheld the validity of the so-called "browse wrap" agreements and awarded damages against Zoocasa and its parent Rogers for Zoocasa’s breach of the Century 21 website terms of use when it pulled listings from the Century 21 website for use on its own real estate listing search engine.

Further to our recent bulletin regarding new generic top level domains (gTLDs), the application period finally closed on May 30.

The question of where to bring an action for defamation can be complicated in internet defamation cases.

The California District Court has recently dismissed a proposed class action against LinkedIn arising from hackers infiltrating LinkedIn’s computer system.

When Canadian companies license computer software from U.S. licensors and arrange for maintenance and support services for the software, there are a number of Canadian tax issues to consider.

The Intimate Images Protection Act came into effect on January 29, 2024, and applies retroactively to March 6, 2023. The legislation responds to growing problems...

On July 1, 2014, certain provisions of Canada’s Anti-Spam legislation will come into force and govern how businesses can communicate with Canadian recipients.

The Québec Government recently announced changes to the refundable tax credit for the development of e-business.

Cisco Systems Inc., the IT giant and leading maker of computer-networking equipment, has announced that it will invest $100 million in an innovation centre in Toronto over the next ten years.

Violation of the Competition Act prohibitions can result in serious remedies, including administrative monetary penalties of up to $1 million per violation for individuals and up to $15 million per violation for organizations.

On June 20, 2011, In Singapore, Icann (Internet Corporation For Assigned Names And Numbers), The Global Co-Ordination Body For Internet Addresses, Approved The New Program For The Thematic Extension Of GTLDs.

In issuing the new Broadcasting Fees Regulations (the "Fees Regulations") on March 21, 2024, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission...

The CRTC has initiated a public proceeding to allow interested parties to comment on the implications for the Canadian broadcasting system of the increasing consumption of Internet-delivered programming in Canada – but has urged them to back up their assertions with any applicable data.

The CRTC has introduced new procedural guidelines - including a range of enforcement mechanisms it may use against non-compliant Internet Service Providers (ISPs) - to deal with complaints from customers who claim that ISPs are inappropriately slowing down access to certain internet content.

Internet-based broadcast content providers can breathe a bit easier following an announcement by the CRTC that it has no immediate plans to impose regulatory obligations on "over-the-top" (OTT) providers such as Netflix, nor to reduce any of the obligations that currently apply to regulated broadcasters and distributors in response to the growing competition from OTT services.