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Human Rights Tribunal reduces settlement amount after employee violated her confidentiality obligations

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 12 2012

For the first time, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal reduced the amount owing to an applicant under the terms of a settlement reached by the parties, after the applicant breached the confidentiality clause contained in the Minutes of Settlement by posting on Facebook that a settlement had been reached

High court stands behind victims of online bullying

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • October 10 2012

Anti-bullying advocates will applaud a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision that paves the way to give young victims of online bullying stronger legal rights

Previews of musical works do not infringe copyright

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 13 2012

As we've discussed in a number of recent blog posts, the Supreme Court of Canada this week released a number of major copyright-related decisions

BC court requires active personal injury plaintiff to divulge Facebook photos

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 2 2012

A recent decision by the British Columbia Supreme Court has led to yet another case of “Facebook Remorse” for a Plaintiff with an active social media presence

"Did we really say that?" - Website and third party disclosure considerations for resource issuers

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 1 2012

While a company’s website can host a wealth of information and form a key part of an investor relations strategy, managing that information also poses unique challenges

No liability for defamation for basic hyperlinks, says Supreme Court

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • October 21 2011

Bloggers, tweeters, webpage owners and other providers and hosts of internet content can breathe a little easier today following a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada that ruled that merely providing hyperlinks to defamatory content cannot make them liable for defamation

Commissioner of Patents provides revised examination guidance to patent examiners in view of Amazon.com decision

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • August 9 2011

As a result of the Federal Court’s decision in the infamous Amazon.com case, released October 14, 2010, the Commissioner of Patents has provided revised practice guidelines to Canadian patent examiners in relation to general approaches to examination

Who was that masked man? Court protects anonymity of internet users

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 26 2011

In the latest chapter in a $6 million defamation suit by a former mayor, an Ontario court has refused to order the disclosure of the identities of three individuals who used pseudonyms to post to an online forum

Google case raises questions about the security of unencrypted wi-fi signals

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 19 2011

Late last month, the U.S. District for the Northern District of California denied Google’s motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging that the company accessed and used data transmitted through unencrypted Wi-Fi signals (Re Google Inc. Street View Electronic Communications Litigation

Supreme Court to consider whether ISPs are broadcasting undertakings

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 25 2011

The Supreme Court of Canada has announced that it will hear an important "convergence" case respecting regulatory treatment of Internet access to broadcasting content

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