Technology

SEC charges token trading platform founder for operating unregistered securities exchange

A settlement recently announced by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) highlights the risk of personal liability for individuals who develop...

AMF not successful in convincing Court of Appeal in a market manipulation case

The Québec Court of Appeal recently rendered a judgment addressing the elements constituting an offence for market manipulation as set forth in...

The nascent CRISPR-Cas9 patent landscape in Canada

CRISPR-Cas9 is a transformative technology with the potential for unimaginable impact. However, two academic groups have been engaged in a...

FinTech continues as one of the Competition Bureau’s key priorities for 2018-2019

On May 3, 2018 the Competition Bureau released its draft 2018-19 Annual Plan: Building trust to advance competition in the marketplace for public...

Blockchain and smart contracts, cloud computing and agile development

This past year saw the acceleration of transformational technologies that are increasingly impacting businesses as well as broader society.

Ontario considering overtime and hours of work rules for “IT professionals”

The Government of Ontario is looking at dropping a wide range of overtime and hours of work exemptions, including the exemption that now ...

Major U.S. court decisions change patent landscape for Canadian companies

A pair of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions in patent cases have the potential to alter the risk landscape for cross-border commercialization.

Supreme Court of Canada upholds global search engine de-indexing decision: Five implications for internet intermediaries

On June 27, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld an injunction that requires Google to remove an entire website from its global search index, in...

Supreme Court of Canada lends an enforcement hand to intellectual property right owners

In Google Inc v Equustek Solutions Inc, 2017 SCC 34 (June 28, 2017) (Equustek), the Supreme Court held that Canadian courts have discretion to issue...