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20 Feb 2009, 2:00 am
(International Law Office) Ireland Eircom settlement on terms that it would operate ‘three strikes’ regime (IPKat) New Zealand Internet blackout - Activism growing in response to rule requiring internet service to be terminated upon mere accusation of copyright infringement (Lessig) (EFF) (Michael Geist) (Public Knowledge) South Africa Business Software Alliance conducts over R2 million worth in actions against illegal software… [read post]
8 Jun 2010, 4:56 am
Cassels, Brock & Blackwell LLP (IPblog) China Chinese TM system crash course (Class 46) As WTO reviews China, EU, US criticise its policy on innovation, IP rights (IP Watch) US, China weaving closer trade and IP cooperation; Focus on innovation (IP Watch) Hubei chemical firm sues over trademark loss (China IP Magazine) Estonia Estonian license draft open for public discussion (Creative Commons) Europe EP legal service issues opinion on release of ACTA docs to EP… [read post]
10 Jan 2011, 3:20 am
(Class 99) Rio 2016 logo is launched during New Year’s Eve but controversies have arisen about its originality (IP tango) Canada Public Domain Day – 2011 (Excess Copyright) (Michael Geist) Copyright Predictions for 2011(Michael Geist) China Challenging perceptions: New statistics from the Supreme People’s Court on IPR lawsuits in the PRC (China Law Insight) China’s National Patent Development Strategy (2011 – 2020) (IPBiz) (The… [read post]
12 Apr 2010, 5:28 am
(IPKat) Top patenting companies in China (Securing Innovation) Europe Europe learns the truth(s) about ACTA – European Parliamentary hearing (IP Watch) (Michael Geist) Smooth criminal harmonisation: ACTA, EU and IPR enforcement (IP Watch) Patents in Europe and the EU - Where are we now? [read post]
29 Jul 2010, 8:36 pm
Not surprisingly, he also criticizes Michael Geist’s perfectly reasonable, succinct and timely summary of it. [read post]
16 May 2018, 4:14 am
It would be the ultimate under-statement to say that recent events concerning the appalling breaches of privacy permitted and indeed orchestrated by Facebook have raised public awareness to new heights over what happens when internet intermediaries are allowed to do just about whatever they want. [read post]
4 Mar 2018, 4:04 pm
Michael Geist continues to consider Bell Media’s controversial Fair Play initiative. [read post]
2 Jun 2014, 7:15 pm
Michael Geist, an expert on digital issues at the University of Ottawa, has raised concerns that provisions in S-4 may further expand the voluntary sharing of personal information with more governmental agencies. [read post]
25 Sep 2017, 4:32 pm
The document (which will be, but is not yet available online) makes a compelling case for Canada standing its ground on copyright and patent law, including this passage from Michael Geist: As the country embarks on a new round of NAFTA talks, it should be recognized that Ottawa already meets its international obligations when it comes to respect for copyright and patents and has largely addressed long-standing U.S. demands regarding additional reforms. [read post]
12 Feb 2014, 11:29 am
Kuner, a seasoned diplomat who has helped his clients weather the storm in circumstances ranging from conflicts between EU data protection law and U.S. law enforcement requirements to the negotiation of a reasonable, practical set of “model” data transfer clauses, adds texture and practical context to foundational texts such as Peter Swire’s 1998 “Of Elephants, Mice, and Privacy: International Choice of Law and the Internet” and Michael Geist’s… [read post]
17 Jan 2015, 6:20 am
Of course if a copyright owner wants to proceed with further legal action they have the option of going to court to obtain an order requiring the Internet provider to reveal the identity of the subscriber but Canadian law now also limits potential liability for Internet users for non-commercial infringement, capping damages at C$5,000 for all infringements - although in an article in Billboard Michael Geist points to a loophole in the law that Rightscorp may be using -… [read post]
31 Aug 2014, 10:40 am
Michael Geist pointed this out back in April. [read post]
25 Mar 2016, 10:45 am
(To read more about how the TPP will affect the digital rights of Canadians, see Professor Michael Geist's blog series, The Trouble With the TPP.) [read post]
8 Sep 2015, 9:07 am
They have spoken with one voice about how harmful this change will be for their citizens: Professor Michael Geist of Canada sounded a warning about the potential for the TPP to eviscerate many of the reforms found in Canada's new copyright law, despite the lack of any public consultation over changes that would upset these finely balanced domestic policies. [read post]
26 May 2018, 11:16 am
Michael Geist has recently been documenting how institutions are spending a great amount of money to clear their copyright requirements – but they are spending it in other more productive and efficient ways than on Access Copyright. [read post]
12 Oct 2009, 5:58 am
You can separately subscribe to the IP Think Tank Global Week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com] Highlights this week included: Secretary Locke pushes for action on patent reform, increase in PTO fees (Inventive Step) (IAM) (Patent Docs) (Patently-O) Apple picks Woolworths in trade mark dispute (Australian Trade Marks) (Trademark Blog) (IPKat) (Seattle TM Lawyer) Global Global - General Intellectual property Nirvana (IP Think Tank Blog) Australia… [read post]
16 Jun 2010, 1:50 am
There are a whole list of exceptions in the Bill, none of which Michael Geist and his Bit Torrent followers acknowledge A Calgary Herald op-ed on the concerns with C-32 generates the following suggested response: Artists, other content creators, and the people who invest in them deserve a law that protects their work from theft and unauthorized use on the Internet;Canada has become a global destination of choice for the operators of pirate websites;Bill C-32 is a good first step… [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 5:11 am
There is a nice, short summary of the key provisions of the US proposal here on the blog of Canadian law professor Michael Geist. [read post]
4 Dec 2010, 11:51 pm
I’ll leave it to others to make nominations in this competitive category. 11) Law Professor Blog Award – Two great professors get the nod here, first Michael Geist, who is a regular blogger and probably Canada’s foremost authority on Copyright issues. [read post]
15 Dec 2008, 10:59 am
(It is accepted that) parody in a generic sense can be a form of criticism; however, it is not ‘criticism' for the purposes of the Copyright Act as an exception under the fair dealing heading Carys Craig argued in her contribution to the Michael Geist-edited In The Public Interest book on Canadian copyright law (available here) that subsequent Canadian cases (in particular CCH v Law Society) cast doubt on the… [read post]
