Canadian Technology & IP Law

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

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

Late last month, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) released FinTech Developments in the Insurance Industry ("the Report"), an interesting, thoughtful and important analysis of how the growth of FinTech (financial technology)... Read more

Michael Decicco and Wesley Ng co-authored “Outsourcing: Canada Overview” for Practical Law Review, published by Thomson Reuters. The practice note provides a high level overview of outsourcing in Canada, including topics such as legal and regulatory... Read more

The Federal Court’s decision in the consolidated proceedings of Bayer Inc. v Cobalt Pharmaceuticals Company  offers useful guidance as to the precedential value of proceedings under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (PM(NOC))... Read more