Intellectual Property
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February 25, 2025
Why single out DeepSeek? A global battle for supremacy and privacy, part three | Hodine Williams
In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence (AI), the race for dominance is no longer just about technological innovation. It’s about geopolitics, ethics and legal frameworks.
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February 25, 2025
Better than a sea cruise
Sea Tow Services International, Inc. was incorporated in the State of New York in 1983. It uses a pre-paid membership model to deliver on-water services to recreational boaters, including towing, fuel delivery and repairs, as well as related membership services. It owns Canadian registrations for the word SEA TOW and a design version of the mark (together the Sea Tow Marks). It had filed previous applications for the same marks on Dec. 20, 2002, but the applications although allowed were abandoned on Sept. 20, 2010 (Sea Tow Services International, Inc. v. C-Tow Marine Assistance Ltd. 2025 FC 27 and costs at 2025 FC 355).
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February 24, 2025
Protection against ‘look alike’ packaging
Thatchers Cider Company Limited is the largest family-run independent cider producer in the United Kingdom (Thatchers Cider Company Ltd v Aldi Stores Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 5).
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February 24, 2025
High bar for use of biometric systems maintained by Quebec privacy regulator
Canada’s largest printer was ordered to cease using facial recognition technology to monitor access to its facilities and to destroy all biometric information it previously collected by Quebec’s privacy watchdog in a decision that serves as a stark reminder that there is a high legal threshold for using biometric systems in the province, according to data and privacy experts.
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February 24, 2025
New general counsel for e-signature firm
Janne Duncan is the new general counsel at Syngrafii, the e-signature company.
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February 24, 2025
Why single out DeepSeek? A global battle for supremacy and privacy, part two | Hodine Williams
In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence (AI), the race for dominance is no longer just about technological innovation. Let’s call it as it is! Why dance around the issue? It’s about geopolitics, ethics and legal frameworks.
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February 20, 2025
CRTC launches consultation on Canadian content for audio services
Canada’s broadcast and telecom regulator has announced the launch of a public consultation on the definition of Canadian content for audio services. In a Feb. 20 news release, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) said the consultation, which will continue until April 7, is part of its ongoing effort to modernize the Broadcasting Act by ensuring that online streaming services “make meaningful contributions to Canadian and Indigenous content.”
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February 20, 2025
New managing partner named at Osler
Osler LLP has announced that J. Bradley White has been appointed managing partner of the Ottawa office.
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February 20, 2025
Why single out DeepSeek? A global battle for supremacy and privacy | Hodine Williams
In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence (AI), the race for dominance is no longer just about technological innovation. Let’s call it as it is! Why dance around the issue? It’s about geopolitics, ethics and legal frameworks.
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February 20, 2025
PATENTS - Claims – Construction - Defences to infringement - Obviousness
Appeal by appellant from Federal Court decision that found a number of claims of three of its patents invalid for obviousness. The appellant argued that the Federal Court erred in its analysis of obviousness.