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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

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Michael G. Beairsto
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP


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Fasken Martineau

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

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McInnes Cooper

Roland Hung
McCarthy Tetrault

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Heydary Hamilton PC


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Google Launches Major Privacy Awareness Effort
Google has launched a series of educational advertisements about privacy protection. The "Good To Know" ads will appear in major U.S. newspapers and magazines, and on billboards, subways and various websites. As part of some ads, Google will try to explain why search engine results are more helpful if the engine knows more about a user's past searches and interests.

US Supreme Court Extends Copyright Protection to Foreign Works
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-2 that a 1994 law that brought the United States in line with global intellectual property conventions violated neither US copyright law nor free-speech rights guaranteed by the constitution. In 1994, to improve US implementation of Convention rules, and as part of the US response to the Uruguay Round of World Trade Organisation talks, Congress granted foreign works under copyright protection the same protection available to US works.

Shareholders Bring Class Action Against Netflix for Securities Law Violations
On January 13, 2012, City of Royal Oak Retirement System, on behalf of all purchasers of securities of Netflix, Inc. between December 20, 2010 and October 24, 2011, brought a class action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against Netflix and certain of its directors and officers for securities law violations. Netflix is a subscription-based service that streams television shows and movies over the Internet and delivers DVDs to the homes of subscribers.

New Australian Standard For Offensive Trademarks Is Just "Nuckin Futs"
After initially being turned away for an obvious spoonerism to what are traditionally offensive words, a peanut retailers application for the trademark "Nuckin Futs" received approval by the Australian Trademarks Office and is set to be registered this April.

SOPA and PIPA bills: Old Answers to 21st-Century Problems, Critics Say
On January 18, 2012, a concerted protest by high-profile Web companies and organizations climaxed in what was months of fierce outcry against the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA).

Motorola Mobility Takes a Bite out of Apple in Patent Ruling
In a recent U.S. International Trade Commission decision, Judge Theodore Essex found that Motorola Mobility did not violate the patent rights of Apple Inc. ("Apple") with respect to certain imports into the United States.

Mac OS X Secrets to be Revealed
In the lawsuit filed against Psystar Corporation in 2008, Apple alleged that the Mac "clone" maker had circumvented the OS X copy protection enabling the production of its Mac "clone" computers. In 2009 Psystar was found to have infringed Apple's copyright.