McCarthy Tétrault has just published Canadian Telecommunications Regulatory Handbook by partner Hank Intven. The Handbook provides a detailed summary of Canadian telecommunications law and regulation and is a convenient single reference source for the text of the laws, treaties, regulations, directions, orders, rules and other key documents that govern Canadian telecommunications regulation. This Handbook includes… → Read More
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Preserve Documents in the Face of Litigation
Posted in E-DiscoveryWith the massive number of emails and other electronic documents generated today on a daily basis, organizations face tough challenges in preserving documents in the face of litigation. In Voom HD Holdings LLC v. EchoStar Satellite LLC, Index No. 600292/08, 2012 NY Slip Op 00658 (January 31, 2012), the New York Appellate Division provides some timely guidance on what steps… → Read More
Responding to Canadian Patent Office Objections: The Equivalents Clause
Posted in PatentsThis is part of a series of posts reviewing common Canadian Patent Office objections to patent applications and claimed inventions and providing some insight into how these objections may be addressed. The Clause Equivalents clauses are common in patent specifications, particularly those originally prepared and filed in the United States. A classic equivalents clause provides… → Read More
Responding to Canadian Patent Office Objections: Patent Prosecution Primer
Posted in PatentsThe Canadian Patent Act and Patent Rules provide the entire statutory framework for patent law in Canada. The Act and Rules contain all of the requirements to be satisfied before the Commissioner of Patents is obliged to grant a patent. These requirements relate to two main aspects of patents: (a) the nature of the invention… → Read More
Do Not Track – Recent Developments in the World of Online Behavioural Advertising
Posted in E-Commerce, PrivacyLast week was a big week for “Do Not Track” (DNT) developments: Google officially joined company with a coalition of big internet players for voluntary controls on Online Behavioural Advertising (OBA). The controls take the form of an industry spanning self-regulatory program, backed by the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA), that aims to provide a consistent… → Read More
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