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Volume VIII
Issue 12: June 10, 2010
- New Anti-Spam Bill in Canada
- Canadian Government Introduces Bill to Amend PIPEDA
- Possible Patent Infringement Leaves Google WebM in Legal Limbo
- Rogers Retains Right to Claim Fastest and Most Reliable in Ontario
- Apple to Ripen with Solar Touch Screen?
- Missouri AG Latest to Question Google on Data Capture
Issue 11: May 27, 2010
- Ninth Court of Appeals Rules on Work for Hire clause under the Copyright Act.
- Wi-Fi Spying Could Cost Google Millions of Dollars
- Is the Deck Stacked Against On-Line Poker Payment Processors?
- LimeWire Liable for Copyright Infringement
- Pennsylvania Attorney General Seeks Tweeter Identity Disclosure
- U.S. International Trade Commission to Consider Bar on Importing iPhones, iPads
Issue 10: May 13, 2010
- CIRA Domain Name Decision: shopnchek.ca
- Rosetta Stones Keyword Trademark Case Against Google Dismissed
- Court Finds that a Public Library May Filter Internet Access for All Patrons
- Canadas Stalled Copyright Reform Alleged to Blame for Global Music Piracy
- U.S. Consumer Groups Say Proposed Privacy Bill is Flawed
- Craigslist Under Investigation for Sex Ads
- Lawsuit Claims Apple iPad Infringes Nokia Patents
Issue 9: April 29, 2010
- Online Anonymity Challenged at Divisional Court
- CIRA Confirms that Prior Use in a Domain Name is Necessary Under the Policy
- Privilege Protects Emails with Lawyer on Company-Owned Computer
- Newspaper Ordered to Identify Anonymous Internet Commentators
- Wikipedia Use in Immigration Proceeding Criticised by Federal Court
Issue 8: April 15, 2010
- SCC to Clarify How Hyperlinks to Defamatory Content may be Separate Defamation
- Insurance Company Challenges Canadas PIPEDA Privacy Law
- New York Appeals Court Finds in Favour of eBay Over Dispute with Tiffany and Co.
- U.S. Court Invalidates Human Gene Patents
- Wi LAN Sues Major Electronics Companies over Bluetooth Patent
- Apple Sued Over Multitouch Technology Patent
- Copyright Lawsuit Against Google Seeks Damages for Pictures and Art
- U.S. Court says ISPs can Regulate Internet Traffic on Peer to Peer Networks
- New Litigation Campaign Targets Movie Downloaders
- State of Kentucky Sues to Reclaim Online Gamblers Losses
Issue 7: April 1, 2010
- Documents Surface in Dispute between Viacom and YouTube
- VirnetX Successful In Suit Against Microsoft Goes For Round Two
- EU Court Backs Google on Linking Ad Sale to Brands
- Googles Nexus One Trademark Application Denied
- Australia to Propose Net Filtering Rules
- Google Closes its Internet Search Service in China due to Conflict Over Censorship
- Canadian Government to Oppose Copyright Levy on MP3 Players
Issue 6: March 18, 2010
- Career Agents Network Domain Name Dispute
- CIRA Confirms That Use in Canada is Necessary to Meet the Definition of a Mark
- Microsoft Loses First Appeal to $240 Million Infringement Case
- Amazon 1 Click Patent Survives Re examination
- HP Sues Over Ink Cartridges
- Apple Sues Google Phone Maker HTC for Android Patent Infringement
- Court Upholds Contempt Finding Against EchoStar in TiVo Patent Dispute
Issue 5: March 4, 2010
- Facebook Obtains News Feed Patent
- Xerox Alleges Patent Infringement by Google and Yahoo!
- High School Accused of Webcam Spying
- Italy Convicts Google Executives for Privacy Violations
- U.S. Court Says Comments on Facebook Protected by Freedom of Speech
- Class Action Filed Against Yelp for Business Reviews Site
- Google Buzz Target of New Class Action Lawsuit
- Domain Name Transferred to Canadian Security Association After Ruling by Panel
Issue 4: February 18, 2010
- Online Criticism of Law Related Advice Site Prompts Suit
- Gene Patent Battle Heats Up
- Whirlpool Loses ITC Complaint Against LG Electronics
- Google Tells Chinas Goojje to Stop Imitating its Logo
- eBay Loses Another Suit Over Louis Vuitton Brand
- Facebook Being Used by Inmates to Taunt Victims of Crime
- Apple Extends Trademark Protection for iPhone
Issue 3: February 4, 2010
- Apple in Trademark Dispute Over iPad
- Verizon Adopts Graduated Response Against Illegal Downloaders
- Motorola Asks ITC to Ban RIMs U.S. Imports Amid Licensing Impasse
- Microsoft Sues TiVo for Patent Infringement Relating to DVR Products
- Samsung and Rambus Partner to Settle Litigation
- Cyrillic and Arabic Domain Names Get Clearance
- Canadas Privacy Commissioner to investigate Facebook
Issue 2: January 21, 2010
- Twitter Sarcastic Airport Bomb Threat Results in Arrest
- Kodak Pursues RIM and Apple for Patent Infringement at the ITC
- Non Profits Challenge Food Patent
- Possible Resolution of Viacom Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against YouTube
- Amazon in Danger of Sales Tax Again
- Bulletproof Servers in China Serve File Sharing Services and Spammers
- Italian Consumer Group ADOC seeks class action suit against Microsoft
Issue 1: January 7, 2010
- Ontario Court Rules not to Allow Insurer Access to Plaintiffs Facebook Account
- Google Cant Win Groovle.com in Domain Name Dispute
- i4i and its dollar 290M Award Survive Microsoft Appeal
- Kodak Samsung Agree to Settle Patent Lawsuit
- Apple and Nokia Patent Battle Escalates
- China Moves to Create List of Approved Websites
- Apple Wins Ruling on Alleged iPod Hearing Loss Claim