Canadian Technology & IP Law

Nearly 3 years after passing amendments to Canada’s federal private sector privacy law to include mandatory breach notification and record-keeping requirements, the Government has finalized some related regulations and announced that the new obligations... Read more

Stikeman Elliott lawyers Vanessa Coiteux and David Elder recently co-authored an extensive Data Security and Cybercrime FAQ. First published by Lexology Navigator in January 2018, this Q&A-style publication considers a wide range of cybercrime and... Read more

Playing catchup on 2017 developments in Canadian privacy law? Here’s a list of our Top 10: Supreme Court deals blow to choice of forum provisions in consumer contracts In Douez v. Facebook, a divided Supreme Court refused to enforce an otherwise... Read more

Following a series of hearings this fall, a Parliamentary Committee has recommended that the Canadian government revise Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) to clarify a number of key provisions, and that the government and its enforcement agencies... Read more

Darin Renton, partner practising in the Financial Products & Services Group, discusses the steps on how securities regulators determine if a coin or token is a security. (1 minute, 50 seconds)   > See all Stikeman Elliott multimedia content... Read more

Ramandeep Grewal, partner practising in the Corporate Group at Stikeman Elliott, touches on what regulators are looking at from a federal level, anti-money laundering concerns, compliance issues and securities regulation. Ramandeep provides guidance on... Read more

More than two years after passing amendments to the federal privacy sector privacy law, the Federal Government has released draft data breach regulations, bringing mandatory data breach reporting one step closer in most provinces of Canada. Amendments... Read more

July 1, 2017 is not only Canada’s 150th birthday -- it is also marks three years since Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) has been in force.  While Canadian businesses are unlikely to celebrate the latter anniversary with barbecues... Read more

Using, developing, and distributing open source software (OSS) can help stimulate innovation, harness collective expertise, and promote interoperable programs and standards. OSS can also be problematic if incorporated into commercial software, as demonstrated... Read more