Justice Crampton has been appointed Chief Justice of the Federal Court. Mary Gleason has been appointed a judge of the Federal Court. She was formerly a lawyer at Norton Rose practising labour, employment and human rights law. Continue reading New Federal Court Judge and Chief Justice
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ONCA on summary judgment
A five member panel of the Ontario Court of Appeal has released a decision in Combined Air Mechanical Services Inc. v. Flesch, 2011 ONCA 764 on the scope of summary judgment under recently amended Rule 20 of the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure.
Copyright week at the Supreme Court of Canada
There are 5 copyright appeals being heard at the Supreme Court this week. All are being webcast live and the written submissions of the parties and interveners are available.
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Federal Court of Appeal releases Amazon.com decision
The Federal Court of Appeal has released its decision in Amazon.com on patentable subject matter (PDF). The Court held that determination of patentable subject matter must be based on a purposive construction of the claims and discussed the requirements for patentability but remanded the application back to the Commissioner for claim construction and reconsideration.
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Copyright filtering by ISPs too onerous according to ECJ
The European Court of Justice issued a judgment in Scarlet v. SADAM (C‑70/10) deciding an injunction requiring general content filtering by an ISP for possible copyright infringing materials contravened EU directives.
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Ex parte injunction against author, Google, and GoDaddy for alleged defamation
In Nazerali v. Mitchell, 2011 BCSC 1581, the British Columbia Supreme Court issued an interim injunction against the author of an allegedly defamatory website, the hosting company, the domain name registrar (GoDaddy) and Google (for providing a cache of the site) on an ex parte basis. Continue reading Ex parte injunction against author, Google, and GoDaddy for alleged defamation
New Features
Over the last while I have added several new features to the daily IPPractice.ca email including improved identification of judges for FC and FCA decisions, results for TMOB and CIRA decisions and identification of appeals and medicinal ingredients at the FCA. You can modify your subscription preferences using the email manager.
Federal Court of Appeal Judicial Appointment
The Department of Justice has announced that Justice Gauthier, currently of the Federal Court has been appointed to the Federal Court of Appeal, effectively immediately. Continue reading Federal Court of Appeal Judicial Appointment
Review of the Federal Courts Rules
The Federal Courts Rules Committee has announced a subcommittee for a global review of the Federal Courts Rules and released an accompanying discussion paper. The Notice to the Profession invites comments by January 6, 2012. Continue reading Review of the Federal Courts Rules
SCC releases Crookes v. Newton on hyperlinking
The Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Crookes v. Newton, 2011 SCC 47. With three sets of reasons concurring in the result, the Court held that the use of a hyperlink cannot, by itself, amount to publication even if the hyperlink is followed and the defamatory content accessed.