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Get to Know Your Execs in Five Minutes (Or Less) (Part 6)

  • October 15, 2024
  • Victoria Di Felice, Deeth Williams Wall LLP

In this ongoing series, we will profile each of the members of the OBA IT/IP Law Section Executives to learn about them in five minutes or less. It’s five minutes or less because we know that a lot of you docket in six minute increments!

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Roadmap: Federal Court of Appeal Finds Facebook’s Practices in Breach of Canada’s Private-Sector Privacy Legislation

  • October 04, 2024
  • Steffi Tran

This article outlines the background, and the key concepts decided by Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) in the investigation by the Office of Privacy Commissioner of Canada into Facebook's practices. The FCA concluded that Facebook failed to obtain meaningful consent from friends of users to disclose their data and breached its safeguarding obligations by failing to adequately monitor and enforce the privacy practices of third-party applications operating on the platform.

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Update from the FCA on Standard of Review for Claims Construction

  • May 02, 2024
  • Kaitlin Soye

The Federal Court of Appeal in Google LLC v. Sonos Inc., 2024 FCA 44 dismissed Google’s appeal challenging the decision of the Federal Court that Sonos did not infringe Google’s patent (Canadian Patent No. 2,545,150), upholding the Federal Court’s decision (2022 FC 1116). The Google patent relates to a system for adaptive echo and noise control in electronic equipment – for example, smart speakers.

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Arc’teryx v. Adidas: The Battle of TERREX, an important case on trademark injunctions

  • May 01, 2024
  • Aviva Snitman, Lomic Law

In the recent decision of Amer Sports Canada Inc. v. Adidas Canada Limited, the Supreme Court of British Columbia granted Arc’teryx an interlocutory injunction, temporarily preventing Adidas from using the word “TERREX” in association with its retail stores until a decision is made at trial.

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The Dual Edge of AI: Promise and Perils for Cyber Defence

  • April 30, 2024
  • Allessia Chiappetta, JD Candidate, Osgoode Hall Law School, and M. Imtiaz Karamat, Associate, Deeth Williams Wall LLP

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has obtained mainstream celebrity with the success of technologies like OpenAI’s ChatGPT fueling its popularity on a global scale. Apart from the average consumer, AI is revolutionizing traditional approaches for businesses across every industry.

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Unmasking Deception: Canada Weighs in on the Dark Side of Deepfakes

  • April 30, 2024
  • Jennifer R. Davidson, partner, Technology, Privacy and Cybersecurity Law, and Victoria Di Felice, articling student, of Deeth Williams Wall LLP

A closer look at deepfake technologies in the legal landscape of Canada and the blurred lines between reality and fiction.

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Hey Alexa, Have You Been Hacked? Securing Your Smart Devices Today For A Safer Tomorrow

  • February 22, 2024
  • Sharan Johal, sole practitioner

Smart devices have transformed how we engage with technology in our daily lives, for various purposes such as home security, organization, communication, and entertainment. Despite overwhelming use, IoT devices are not inherently secure – and the lack of security can, in part, be exacerbated due to a user’s tech hygiene. This article explores best practices for promoting a cybersecure landscape in Canada.

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Important Changes from the Federal Court’s Amended Consolidated General Practice Guidelines

  • February 22, 2024
  • Jenny Hepditch, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP

On December 20, 2023, the Federal Court published the Amended Consolidated General Practice Guidelines. This article provides a summary of key amendments and some friendly reminders from previous practice directions, including guidance on filing electronic records, virtual commissioning, and mode of hearing.

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Quebec Draft Regulation Under Bill 96

  • February 21, 2024
  • Anastassia Trifonova

An update on the recently published regulations with respect to Bill 96 in Quebec, from the Ontario perspective (for businesses that also operate in QC).

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