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  • DeepSeek AI: risks and legal insights

    There has been a huge amount of chatter over the last couple of weeks about DeepSeek, a new AI product from China. We have waded through some of that, so you don’t have to.  Here is what you need to know. DeepSeek is an AI research lab in China. On January 20, 2025, it released an open-source AI mod … Read more »

  • Ignoring contract clauses can bite your business

    We enter into contracts constantly. They can range from an innocuous minor purchase to complex, long-term multimillion-dollar business deals that require extensive negotiation. Some never require a second thought, but others can come back and bite if shoved in a drawer and ignored. Contracts are mad … Read more »

  • Does your business meet customer privacy expectations?

    Jan 28 is Data Privacy Day. Frankly, from a high-level perspective, privacy is a bit of a mess. At one extreme, businesses and governments in some places don’t care about privacy, and get away with egregious collection, use, and sale of personal information and sloppy security. This isn’t just in su … Read more »

  • Project requires trademark owners to prove use

    The Canadian trademarks office is starting a pilot project that will require randomly selected trademark registrants to prove they actually use their trademarks. If the registrant can’t prove use of the trademark in conjunction with the goods and services listed on the registration, the Canadian Int … Read more »

  • Tech Predictions 2020-2025: How Did We Do?

    We revisit our 2020 tech predictions, analyzing accuracy on AI, ethics, batteries, and more. Explore the ethical and legal implications for businesses and individuals with Harrison Pensa technology and privacy lawyer, David Canton. In January 2020, I did a blog post titled 10 tech predictions for de … Read more »