Andrew Baker is an LLB/BCL candidate at McGill University Faculty of Law. The United Kingdom is proceeding with implementation of the Digital Economy Act (DEA) after the legislation recently passed through the judicial review process begun last year.
Satomi Aki is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the independent advertising watchdog of the UK, upheld On July 13, 2011, complaints against Jamster, a SMS mobile phone content provider, over their ad for a joke phone hacking app that was originally televised in April 2011.
Michael Gilburt is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On July 12, 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) issued its decision on the long-standing dispute between cosmetics manufacturer L’Oréal and eBay concerning the illegal sale of L’Oréal products on the online marketplace.
Marco Bassini is the Managing Editor of MediaLaws, www.medialaws.eu, and a lawyer at Baker & McKenzie LLP's office in Milan. The re-posting of this analysis is part of a cross-posting collaboration with MediaLaws: Law and Policy of the Media in a Comparative Perspective. Another remarkable judgment on the matter of online gambling was delivered by the […]
Michael Gilburt is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On June 27, 2011, the tobacco giant Philip Morris issued a press release announcing its decision to commence legal action against Australia over proposed legislation which, they argue, illegally diminishes the value of their trade-marks.
Chris Castle is an attorney based out of Los Angeles and San Francisco who represents artists, producers, songwriters, record labels, music publishers, film studios and technology companies. President Barack Obama and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo each worked very hard to bring about the voluntary agreement that was announced last week among ISPs and rights […]
Michael Gilburt is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The United Nations has released a report that examines the relationship between Internet access and the right to free expression under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
Kalen Lumsden is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On 24 May 2011 the European Commission released a communication to the European Parliament addressing the shortcomings and challenges of the current intellectual property rights regime. It proposes that a single, unified market address fragmentation problems and regulatory barriers in the European Intellectual Property […]
Michael Gilburt is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On May 17, 2011, Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) Dr. Ann Cavoukian released her Annual Report on the state of privacy protection in Canada. The Report articulated a clear message to public and private institutions: “be proactive” in protecting personal information and online […]
Michael Gilburt is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On May 18, 2011, a review committee led by Cardiff University Professor Ian Hargreaves released a report that deemed the UK’s intellectual property (IP) regime obsolete in the digital age. Prime Minster David Cameron commissioned the report following claims made by the founders of […]