The Canadian Trademarks Act is about to undergo the most dramatic change in recent history. This is the first of a series of seven posts about changes to trademarks coming in June.
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By leveraging big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning and IoT technologies, a digital twin can act as a virtual model and can provide valuable new insights.
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Windows 7 reaches end of life in 9 months. What does that mean for you?
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The Court of Appeal’s rejection of harassment as a tort is good news for employers, like those in the tech industry with non-traditional employer/employee relations, who may be at risk of their managerial discretion being construed as managerial harassment.
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Bug bounty programs have proven valuable to businesses that create software or that have an online presence. Businesses have offered these programs for decades.
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It seems that everyone is doing studies or adopting positions on automated/connected cars these days. Depending on who you ask, they are somewhere between a couple of years and a couple of decades away.
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Including promotional items in trademark use descriptions will require a different approach under the new trademark rules that come into effect on June 17, 2019.
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Here are a few considerations that should be made prior to the approval of a work-from-home arrangement.
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Do private sector innovators have an ethical or social responsibility to ensure that their technology can only be used for good, not evil?
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Fitness software for phones, watches and other wearable devices is common. So when does software cross a line and need to comply with medical device legislation?
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Each business and organization must reflect on what legal, practical, and business issues they need to consider for privacy and security. Here are some considerations.
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Google yourself. Do it now and do it often. If the results are not flattering, you may wonder how to take control of your online image and remove any unsavoury results. These three tips may save you some embarrassment.
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When new tech comes along, it is natural to view it with the same lens as existing tech. That doesn’t always work, and we need to think about how it is different.
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To celebrate Data Privacy Day, why not take a moment to complete a “data privacy checkup”? Here are a few ideas to get started …
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Service agreements may be subject to or intertwined with a software license, a cloud platform provider, and a reseller. Those can all be different parties with different terms. Each layer may impose the terms of underlying providers.
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Less than one month before the Ontario Pay Transparency Act’s planned debut, the provincial government has cancelled its implementation without committing to a new date to bring the Act into force.
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Blockchain is designed to be resistant to change from human intervention. So it is difficult for the other party to renege on a promise. And difficult for a third party to intervene and game the system.
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It is important for businesses outside of the EU to know when they are subject to the GDPR, and while an occasional sale to someone in the EU probably won’t be an issue – what will?
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Changes are coming to the Trademarks Act on June 17, 2019. Anyone considering applying for a trademark might think about filing before then.
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Welcome to the new home of Harrison Pensa’s Technology and Privacy Law Group – and to our new weekly Top Ten in Legal Tech newsletter.
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