More generally, the AI PPN is bound to be controversial and has already spurred insightful discussion on LinkedIn. I would recommend the posts by Kieran McGaughey and Ian Makgill. I offer some additional thoughts here and look forward to continuing the conversation. In my view, one of the potential issues arising from the AI PPN […]
When it comes to dividing up property during a divorce, Ontario Family judges are often asked to deal with some rather unique assets. As we reported recently for example, a Toronto couple were in dispute over some Taylor Swift concert tickets they had purchased during happier times. One uncommon asset that you don’t often hear […]
In Nanox Imaging PLC v David Schick 2024/GSC/043, Happold J at the Gibraltar Supreme Court dealt with applications for anti-suit, forum non conveniens and case management stays. Claimant ‘Nanox Gibraltar’ is a Gibraltar registered company which until September 2019 carried on business in the field of medical imaging technology. Defendant is an electrical engineer and a US […]
Mickey Krieger was a friend, mentor, and served as Of Counsel to this firm on trademark matters for several years. He died on October 25th after a battle with esophageal cancer. His death came less than three weeks after Raun Burnham, who worked for many years with the firm as a trademark paralegal, lost her […]
Yesterday three separate private meetings were held among the creditors of Canada’s insolvent tobacco companies (BAT-Imperial Tobacco, PMI-Rothmans, Benson and Hedges and JTI-Macdonald). The sole purpose of these meetings was to decide whether the plan of arrangement (settlement) that had been drafted by the mediators in the long-going negotiations was acceptable to the provincial governments […]
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Remote working is not new to me. Yet the pandemic did throw me off my routine. Regardless, I am always open to new strategies to be more effective when working from home, especially with fitting in personal priorities. I am happy that last month I did something different. I bought my first e-book. It was The […]
By Gionata Bouché and Etienne Valk The data retention debate is becoming ever-more complex, or so it is written. Since the second La Quadrature du Net (LQDN) installment by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 30 April 2024, it is at least becoming a bit clearer. The CJEU answers preliminary questions […]
Aspire Health Partners sued Aspire MGT under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. §1125(d) (“ACPA”) over defendant’s registration and use of the domain name . Plaintiff sought a preliminary injunction to stop defendant from using the disputed domain name, but the court denied the request. The court held that plaintiff failed to show that […]
I’d like to pick up on a comment left this week by a reader about Enduring Powers of Attorney. This is a topic that deserves a little bit more attention. I had said in a post that a person acting under an Enduring Power of Attorney cannot change a beneficiary designation made by the person […]