Our last issue of the Cassels Brock Report included a discussion regarding the changes to the generic top level domain ("gTLD") regime that is being designed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN").
Update on new gTLDs - trade-mark protections addressed by ICANN
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The new UNCITRAL arbitration rules (Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP)
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) published revised arbitration rules, replacing the1976 version with effect from 15 August 2010.
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Changes to fair-value reporting could impact valuations (Fox Rothschild LLP)
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The revised IBA rules of evidence (Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP)
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Nanotechnology: ISO technical report addresses classification of nanomaterials (Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP)
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Online ad network sued over tracking using flash cookies (Hunton & Williams LLP)
On August 18, 2010, a complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that Specific Media, Inc. violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, as well as state privacy and computer security laws, by failing to provide adequate notice regarding its online tracking practices.
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There's no 5th Amendment in Second Life (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP)
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Court of Justice rules on another AdWords case (Marks & Clerk)
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Telecom privacy news (Arent Fox LLP)
A South Carolina court of appeals has held that a defendant's unauthorized access of e-mails on a Yahoo! account server violated the Stored Communications Act (SCA).
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Overlooked elements of the Verizon-Google net neutrality proposal (Kelley Drye & Warren LLP)
Earlier this month, Verizon and Google announced an agreement on the vexing issue of net neutrality.
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Circular beach towel's trademark is invalid (Kelley Drye & Warren LLP)
In the late 1980s, Clemens Franek sought and received trademark registration status for his "radical" round beach towel.
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Specsavers v ASDA - a real eye-opener? (Herbert Smith LLP)
The High Court has held that one of ASDA's marketing straplines used to promote its in-store optician took unfair advantage of Specsavers' Community Trade Marks (CTM) under Article 9(1)(c) of the CTM Regulation, but rejected its infringement claims made under Article 9(1)(b) and for passing-off.
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Custom furniture: innovative plan or illegal imitation? (Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC)
Today's Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Bay Area edition, includes a very interesting article on start up furniture companies whose business model includes reproducing popular furniture designs on a custom basis.
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Court of Justice rules on another AdWords case (Marks & Clerk)
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Is your trade mark distinctive or just descriptive? (Clayton Utz)
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Examples of deficient and entity-specific MD&A disclosure (Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP)
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The CCAA scene: recent and notable (Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP)
On May 4, 2010, AbitibiBowater Inc. announced that it and certain of its Canadian and US subsidiaries filed with the court in Canada a draft Plan of Reorganization and Compromise and with the court in the US a draft Debtors’ Joint Plan of Reorganization.
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Payment cards – recent developments (Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP)
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Privacy slow cooker – were PIPEDA amendments worth the wait? (Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP)
As part of a recent flurry of Parliamentary activity, in May of this year, the federal government tabled Bill C-29 in the House of Commons to propose long-anticipated amendments to Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act ("PIPEDA").
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