MLT Aikins LLP | Canada | 22 Mar 2016
Internet law is once again about to get its day in Canada's top court. The Supreme Court of Canada recently granted leave to hear appeals on two…
McCarthy Tétrault LLP | Canada | 7 Mar 2012
In addition to government regulation of spam through the Privacy Commissioners’ offices, Competition Bureau, CRTC, and police, there are private mechanisms and contractual mechanisms for combating spam (and some of the more nefarious practices associated with spam).
Arent Fox LLP | USA | 13 Feb 2012
On February 8, 2012, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed suit against the FTC in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia regarding Google’s plans to make changes in its terms of service that will combine the privacy policies and user data from over 60 different Google products and services.
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 23 Dec 2011
Advocate General Bot has issued his opinion regarding the scope of protection conferred by copyright on computer programs in Case C-406/10 SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd, a referral from the High Court.
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP | Canada | 17 Nov 2011
On September 2, 2011, the British Columbia Supreme Court issued a lengthy decision in which it upheld the enforceability of a browse wrap agreement (i.e. website terms and conditions for which formal acceptance is not required).
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP | Canada | 9 Nov 2011
The BC Supreme Court’s decision in Century 21 Limited Partnership v Rogers Communications Inc., 2011 BCSC 1196, sounds like a law-school mooting problem, given the number of issues it covers.
Norton Rose Fulbright | Canada | 14 Oct 2011
The British Columbia Supreme Court recently rendered an important decision regarding the conditions upon which a web user may be bound by a website’s terms and conditions of use.
Lawson Lundell LLP | Canada | 27 Sep 2011
The Supreme Court of British Columbia recently handed down a decision on litigation between one of the country’s largest real estate companies, Century 21, and Rogers Communications Inc., the owner of the Zoocasa website which promotes property listings across Canada.
Stikeman Elliott LLP | Canada | 27 Sep 2011
In Century 21 v Zoocasa, the BC Supreme Court upheld the validity of the so-called “browse wrap” agreements and awarded damages against Zoocasa for its breach of the Century 21 website terms of use when it pulled listings from the Century 21 website for use on its own real estate listing search engine.
Aird & Berlis LLP | Aird & McBurney LP | Canada | 21 Sep 2011
The internet is not a law-free zone where anything goes.