Articles 2023

Amanda Ross provides a case summary for R. v. Henry, 2019 ONSC 4978. In the case (a summary conviction appeal), the Honourable Mr. Justice Schreck considered the Ontario Court of Appeal's recent decision in G. v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2019 ONCA 264, and ruled that a conditional discharge is not a “sentence” for the purposes of SOIRA and does not trigger the imposition of an order to register and comply with its terms.

Ramkey Communications Inc. v. Labourers’ International Union of North America involved an appeal of a judicial review of a construction union certification application. In allowing the appeal, the Court determined that the Divisional Court had misapplied the Tessier test. The result meant that the “construction technicians” were allowed to unionize under provincial labour laws and not regulated by federal labour laws.

How copyright registration may help to streamline the discovery process.

Can copyright actually protect fashion designers?

An in-house IP counsel, IP strategist and IP litigator discuss the components of a successful IP program.

The article comments on the Superior Court decision of Rhinehart v Legend 3D Canada (2019) ONSC 3296 by Justice Sanfilippo, who decided a motion to stay the action as the employment contract had an arbitration clause.

Our 2019-2020 Chair, Lisa Danay Wallace, welcomes the section and introduces the IT/IP Section’s exciting plans and programs for the year.