McCarthy Tétrault Co-Counsel: Technology Law Quarterly
(Volume 4, Issue 2)
Welcome to Volume 4, 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
International: ICANN Approves Expansion of Top Level Domains
SOFTWARE LICENSING
International: Open Source Software and Open Content Licensing: From Copyright to Copyleft — Part IV
North America: Technology Licences upon Bankruptcy
US: Resale of Computer Software on eBay Does Not Infringe Copyright
Technology Finance
North America: Taking Your Tech Company Public — Part IV
Technology Contracting
International: Offshore Business Process Outsourcing 101 — Part IIITechnology Litigation
US: Court Certifies Class Action for Technical Writers’ Unpaid Overtime
Canada: A “Monster of Complexity” — Certification Denied in DRAM Price-Fixing Cases
Intellectual Property
COPYRIGHT
Canada: Proposed Canadian Copyright Reform — Bill C-61
PATENTS
US: Downstream Purchasers Protected by Exhaustion Doctrine in the Face of Method Patents
US: Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed by Seagate Technology against STEC Inc.
TRADE-MARKS
International: eBay Wins Some (in the US), Loses Some (in France)
Privacy
B.C.: Committee Recommends Amendments to British Columbia's Private Sector Privacy Legislation
B.C.: British Columbia Enacts e-Health Legislation
North America: TJX Enters into Proposed Settlement Agreement of Customer Class Actions
Communications
Canada: Recent Developments in Canadian Communications Law and Policy
Clean Technology
Canada: Changes and Opportunities — Federal Climate Change Legislation
US: Low Carbon Resolutions on the Agenda — Shareholder Activism and Exxon
