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

Stikeman Elliott LLP
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Canada
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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

Amazon appeals rejection of its "One Click" patent

Stikeman Elliott LLP
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Canada
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October 15 2009

On September 3, 2009, Amazon.com filed an appeal to the Federal Court in respect of the decision of the Commissioner of Patents to refuse to grant a patent pursuant to Canadian Patent Application No. 2,246,933 (the '933 Application

Employees terminated for cause for Facebook postings

Stikeman Elliott LLP
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Canada
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November 12 2010

A recent decision of the British Columbia Labour Relations Board ("BCLRB") upheld the terminations, for just cause, of two employees for their posting on Facebook of disrespectful, damaging and inappropriate comments about their co-workers and employer

Talking about your case on your blog? You may have just waived privilege

Stikeman Elliott LLP
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Canada, USA
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November 30 2010

On October 22, 2010, an American magistrate judge ruled that a plaintiff suing Universal Music Corp. for improperly sending a takedown notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) waived a number of heads of attorney-client privilege by discussing the details of her legal case by email and on a blog

Previews of musical works do not infringe copyright

Stikeman Elliott LLP
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Canada
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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
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Canada
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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

Two courts rule on identity protection for online commentators

Stikeman Elliott LLP
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Canada
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May 17 2010

Courts in Nova Scotia and Ontario recently issued conflicting decisions on the ability of a plaintiff to compel a website to reveal the identities of online commentators

Court holds business methods patentable in Canada

Stikeman Elliott LLP
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Canada
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October 15 2010

Canada’s Federal Court has released its long awaited decision in the patentability of Amazon.com’s one-click order process

Federal court holds “business methods” patentable in Canada in decision over Amazon.com “one click” patent

Stikeman Elliott LLP
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Canada
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November 1 2010

In a decision reminiscent of the recent In re Bilski decision in the U.S., the Federal Court of Canada has found that patents relating to “business methods” can constitute patentable subject matter in the highly anticipated decision of Amazon.com v. The Commissioner of Patents

Defendant granted discovery of plaintiff's Facebook and MySpace profiles

Stikeman Elliott LLP
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USA
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October 29 2010

A judge of the Supreme Court of New York State has recently held that information voluntarily placed on Facebook and MySpace pages are discoverable, and that doing so would not violate the plaintiff's right to privacy

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

Amazon appeals rejection of its "One Click" patent

Employees terminated for cause for Facebook postings

Talking about your case on your blog? You may have just waived privilege

Previews of musical works do not infringe copyright

BC court requires active personal injury plaintiff to divulge Facebook photos

Two courts rule on identity protection for online commentators

Court holds business methods patentable in Canada

Federal court holds “business methods” patentable in Canada in decision over Amazon.com “one click” patent

Defendant granted discovery of plaintiff's Facebook and MySpace profiles

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