Published by the Technology, Intellectual Property and Communications Groups
McCarthy Tétrault FRANÇAIS VOL.5,
ISSUE 2
 2009
July
28
Technology Law Quarterly


McCarthy Tétrault Co-Counsel: Technology Law Quarterly
(Volume 5, Issue 2)

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Welcome to Volume 5, Issue 2 of McCarthy Tétrault Co-Counsel: Technology Law Quarterly. This publication has been created to give our clients a picture of what is going on in technology law and, most importantly, what it means to them. All the authors listed in the publication, as well as their colleagues at McCarthy Tétrault, are happy to answer your questions and discuss the issues raised in the articles.

Internet/E-World

E-COMMERCE

Canada: OSFI Ruling Permits Banks to Promote Insurance on their Websites

SPAM

Canada: McCarthy Tétrault Hosts Webinar on Anti-Spam Bill

Technology Finance

North America: Time to Restructure: Canadian ULC Structures Adversely Affected by Amended Canada-US Tax Treaty

Technology Contracting

OUTSOURCING

Canada: Dealing with Outsourcing Supplier Instability

Canada: Making the Most of Your RFP Process — Part III

Canada: Value Drivers For IT Outsourcing Deals In An Economic Downturn — Part I

Canada: Beware the Boilerplate — Part II

Intellectual Property

COPYRIGHT

Canada: Microsoft Wins Substantial Damages Award for Unauthorized Distribution of its Software

Sweden: No Safe Harbour for The Pirate Bay — Operators Fined and Sentenced for Aiding and Abetting Copyright Infringement

TRADE-MARKS

Canada: Court of Appeal Serves Stiffer Shot in Trade-mark Expungement Applications

Europe: eBay’s Legal Battles Continue: A French Victory and a Prudent English Test Case

PATENTS

US: Canadian Company i4i Wins $200-Million Verdict against Microsoft

US: Certiorari Granted In re Bilski — US Supreme Court to Hear Business Method Patents Case

Privacy

Canada: Employer’s Computer-Use Policy Passes Test — Teacher Did Not Have a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in Information Stored on School Computer

Ontario: Production of Pages from Social Networking Sites — if it’s Relevant, it Must be Disclosed

Communications

Canada: New Legislation Targets Criminal Investigations Involving ISPs, Other Telecom-Related Operators

Canada: The Canadian Do-Not-Call List — Is Disconnection Coming?

Canada: CRTC New Media Policy Released

Canada: CRTC Removes Three-Year Limitation on Pay and Specialty Television Services’ Upgraded High-Definition Feed

Clean Technology

Canada: The New Currency of Carbon Tonnes: Hints at $100+

Ontario: Ontario Introduces Legislative Changes to Facilitate a Cap-and-Trade System for Greenhouse Gases

Québec: Québec Cap-and-Trade System Proposed

BC: Offsetting the Olympic Games: BC Offset and Clean Tech Companies Make Vancouver 2010 the Greenest Games Yet


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