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On September 25, 2007, the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) established a panel to review China's measures concerning the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, including trademarks and copyright.

The representative plaintiff advanced a claim of negligent misrepresentation.

In a noteworthy development, separate statements of claim have recently been filed by Marvin Neil Silver and Cliff Cohen, both would-be plaintiffs in a proposed class action against Imax Corporation and certain directors and officers of the company.

Justice Perell has refused to certify the action as a class proceeding on the basis of a common law misrepresentation claim.

This high-level presentation covers general principles for designing a solid security package, many standard security documents, and some common complexities that characterize lending deals.

Stay informed on the regulatory updates, developments and trends impacting businesses in Canada. Blakes Regulatory Review brings together the latest insights from our lawyers on the topics that matter most to your organization, from developments in energy, infrastructure and major projects to updates in employment and labour, environmental law, capital markets, financial services regulation and more.

With global economies significantly constrained and markets everywhere in turmoil, it may be prudent to consider whether tax planning is a way in which you can use depressed fair market values to your advantage.

On May 2, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) announced that it was making changes to Complaints and Settlement Reporting (ComSet) reporting requirements.

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) released a proposal for single-stock circuit breakers last week that would halt trading of a security experiencing "rapid, significant and unexpected price movement."

On October 22, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada released its Annual Consolidated Compliance Report, which discusses the deficiencies found by IIROC compliance teams during field examinations of member firms.

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada today republished a proposal to implement core aspects of its Client Relationship Model Project. IIROC's proposal would address issues relating to relationship disclosure, conflicts of interest management and disclosure, suitability assessment and account performance reporting.

On March 23, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) released a set of proposed rules intended to consolidate and rationalize enforcement-related rules currently contained in the Dealer Member Rules and UMIR.

We often see banks requiring their borrowers to enter into interest rate hedge agreements in conjunction with their credit agreements.

A memorandum of understanding between the OSC, certain other provincial securities regulators and Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) entered into with the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (MFDA) is set to come into effect on March 23, 2011.

On April 5, U.S. President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, a law intended to help small businesses and startups raise capital.

Under the Provincial Sales Tax Act (British Columbia), a software program, or a right to use a software program, purchased for use on an electronic device ordinarily situated in B.C. is subject to PST.

The OECD proposes to reform transfer pricing documentation for multinational enterprises and to impose onerous country-by-country reporting obligations.

This change was initially intended to align the information return filing deadline with the taxpayer's income tax return filing deadline.