A startup in the oil-and-gas service sector sought to improve downhole well stimulation technology. After a few years, differences between the three founders culminated in the ouster of Mr. Groves.

Patent advisors are often asked this question. In Canada, CIPO has published the first-everIP Canada Report, which contains an interesting trove of IP statistics.

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The Alberta Court of Appeal has provided some helpful guidelines to assist with basic contract interpretation.

Not so fast. In 1999, the CEO of Sun Microsystems famously said: "You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it."

For copyright fans, today kicks off a frenzy of reading Supreme Court decisions. Judgments in the 5 copyright cases which were heard last December were released today:

What is eligible to be patented in the US? This week the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released Interim Eligibility Guidance on patent subject matter eligibility.

It's not often that our little blog intersects with such titanic struggles as the U.S. presidential race – and by using the term "titanic" I certainly don't mean to suggest that anything disastrous is in the future.

While the increased civil claims limit will not be effective until designated by regulation, the proposed increase from $50,000 to $200,000 opens up the Provincial Court to larger and more complex cases.

The law of summary judgment in Alberta has recently been in flux regarding the standard of proof required to resolve a dispute summarily: some panels of the Court have held that proof on a balance

A class action case against Facebook (see our previous posts for more background) is heading to the Supreme Court of Canada.

The online fine print - those terms and conditions that you agree to when you buy something online

In 2012, LinkedIn made headlines as a result of a significant data breach.

By Order in Council dated June 7, 2017, the federal government suspended the coming into force of the private right of action provisions under Canada's Anti-Spam legislation (CASL), "in response to broad-based concerns raised by businesses, charities and the not-for-profit sector."

Most Canadian businesses will have heard of the incoming Canadian Anti-Spam Law (referred to as CASL, which joins the Canadian pantheon of legislative acronyms like PIPEDA and PIPA).

The Alberta government recently accelerated its plans to cut the general corporate tax rate from 10% to 8%, bringing the combined general corporate rate down to 23%.

In response to the proliferation of recreational drones in American skies, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) introduced a rule known as the "Registration Rule" in 2015.

Other innovations are squarely within Amazon's core competencies of order fulfillment. Another recently issued patent seeks to protect drones from being hacked and rerouted en route.

In the final presentation, Tom O'Reilly offered his insights into the ongoing case of Access Copyright v. York University.

The Monkey Selfie Caper apparently has legs, as they say in the news business. Long legs with opposable toes.