Game of Thones – Piracy is Coming
TorrentFreak has reported that the first episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones season three broke historic download records, with more than a million as of
May 1, 2013
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Category: Regulatory Policy
The Living Daylights (…Scents, Tastes, and Sounds): Bill C-56 Forebodes Drastic Trade-mark Reform
Bill C-56, a new and inevitably controversial piece of proposed legislation, was introduced on March 1, 2013. With the short title, Combating Counterfeit Products Act,
March 18, 2013
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Mining the Digital Gold Rush: The Legal (L)ore around France’s Data-Mining Tax
With markets in real property, personal property, and intellectual property quite cornered, the future-savvy lawyer might consider their cutting-edge cousin, if France’s data-mining tax proposal
February 12, 2013
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Live and Let Die: Gene Patenting Plot Thickens as the Patent/Trade Secret Line is Blurred
The long battle in the American courts over Myriad Genetics’ patents of BRCA1 and BRCA2, the primary diagnostic genes for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer
January 10, 2013
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Cyber Attacks: Unsure About Disclosure
In recent years, the threat of cyber crime has become a staple of the news cycle. While most reports focus on threats to unwitting consumers,
December 10, 2012
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Artwork to Ashes, Brands to Dust: Australia’s Tobacco Plain Packaging Act Held Constitutionally Valid
Put this in your pipe and smoke it: The High Court of Australia recently ruled that the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act withstands constitutional scrutiny, in JT International SA v
December 3, 2012
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