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This summer, Toronto will host the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games, one of the most technologically connected games on the globe.

In September 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled to allow libraries to digitize and distribute books to reading terminals without a digitization licence.

On January 23, 2015, the Federal Court released its decision on the quantum of damages in the cefaclor (Eli Lilly’s Ceclor) litigation: Eli Lilly and Company et al v Apotex Inc, 2014 FC 1254. This article provides a summary of that decision, which is only the second Federal Court decision which quantifies a damages remedy in a pharmaceutical patent infringement proceeding.

An overview of the new standards relevant to outsourcing, and in particular, the following: (1) ISO 37500:2014 on Outsourcing; (2) ISO/IEC 27018:2014 on Cloud Privacy; and (3) ISO/IEC CD 27017 (draft) on Cloud Security.

A letter from the Section Executive regarding the recent name change.

The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) has recently sought a declaration of invalidity and non-infringement of certain patents covering genes implicated in Long QT syndrome, an inherited cardiac disorder. This case is drawing considerable interest from stakeholders, as Canadian courts have yet to directly consider the issue of whether isolated human genes are patentable under Canadian patent law.

On April 1, 2014, Ontario’s Wireless Services Agreement Act (WSAA) came into force. The WSAA applies to consumer wireless agreements (Agreements) entered into or renewed after April 1, 2014, where, at the time when the transaction took place, the supplier of the wireless services or the consumer was located in Ontario. The WSAA is intended to supplement the protections under the Consumer Protection Act, 2002 (CPA) and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) code.

The decision in Canada (Attorney General) v. Amazon.com, Inc., 2011 FCA 328 (Amazon FCA) will have a significant impact on Canadian companies in the software, information technology, and financial industries. Gregory G. Forrest reviews the impact of the decision and its ripple effects.

A look at the inherent risks if Bitcoin. Heralded as "the currency of the future", in November, 2013 a unit of bitcoin briefly became more valuable than an ounce of gold, soaring to $1,242 from less than $15 in January, 2013. Unlike gold and traditional currencies, bitcoins have no intrinsic value and are not backed by a national central bank. Bitcoins derive their value solely from market demand.