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NEW DOMAIN REGISTRY MAY RAISE SOME EYEBROWS: Are You Ready to have your Trade-mark X-Rated? The launch of each new domain registry causes concern for businesses as they seek to protect their trade-marks on the Internet. The new .xxx domain... Read more »

Some Thoughts on Bill C-32 to Amend Copyright Act

The US Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) uses language similar to that in the proposed Bill C-32 in that it prohibits circumvention of technical protection measures (TPM's) that restrict "access" to a work protected by copyright. A cursory review of... Read more »

Google Wins AdWords Case in Europe

This decision was a bit of a surprise to me. It concerns Google's practice of "selling" priority in search results to advertisers who pay to be "associated" with a TM that is not their own. This includes retailers honestly trying... Read more »

High Cost of IP Litigation

WIPO recently reported on discussion from a November 2009 session of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE) relating to concerns about the high cost of IP litigation. The concern is not surprising. However, it is also not new. Concerns... Read more »

CDN Copyright Law Stronger than US

In his blog, Howard Knopf recently compiled a list of 21 fairly compelling reasons why CDN Copyright law is already stronger than the US copyright law. This is relevant since the US repeatedly includes Canada on a list of "naughty"... Read more »