November 07, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Canada is often accused of turning a blind eye to counterfeit goods. Not so - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police obtained a search warrant and crashed a purse party in London Ontario, seizing alleged counterfeit goods and...
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November 04, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The Counterfeit Blog posted the following post on September 27, 2008 -
EFF Sues USTR Over ACTA and FOIA
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Public Knowledge filed suit September 18 against the U.S. Trade...
Posted in Privacy & Data Protection Law, Internet & E-Commerce Law, Consumer Protection Law, Border Security Initiatives, International Intellectual Property Protection | No Comments
October 07, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
One week before the Canadian federal election, Prime Minister Harper and the Conservative Party revealed their platform. The following promises would be interesting from a trade perspective:
- Increased Trade with Emerging...
Posted in Canada, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations, Foreign Investment Reviews, International Intellectual Property Protection, International Tax, International Transactions, Preferential Tariffs, International Anti-Trust/Competition Law, Customs Duties | No Comments
September 21, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
One of this issues for Canadian companies doing business in Asia is the degree to which Canadian firms can trust foreign judicial systems. This article refers to a report written by Political and Economic Risk Consultancy...
Posted in Anti-Corruption - Foreign Corrupt Practices Act/Corruption of Foreign Public Officials, South Korea, Thailand, India, China, Dispute Settlement, International Transactions, International Intellectual Property Protection | No Comments
July 12, 2008By: Susan Kohn Ross
On its website, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has clearly articulated its trade priorities for the current fiscal year. In alphabetical order, they are:
1) Agriculture;
2) Antidumping and Countervailing...
Posted in Agriculture, Border Security Initiatives, Africa, Australia / New Zealand, Canada, China, India, Mexico, South Korea, Thailand | No Comments
June 13, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On June 12, 2008, the Conservative Government tabled Bill C-61 "An Act to Amend the Copyright Act", which cracks down on those Internet users who upload and share files and sets much higher penalties than for downloaders. ...
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May 24, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
An article in the May 24, 2008 issue of Canada's National Post (page 2) takes laptop searches and PDA searches to a new higher level that should terrify everyone (except maybe the lobbyists for Hollywood and the music...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Privacy & Data Protection Law, Trade Law, Entertainment/Media Law, Border Security Initiatives, Canada, Mexico, USA, Global Compliance & Risk Management, International Intellectual Property Protection | No Comments
January 21, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On Janaury 15, 2008, the Toronto Strategic Partnership (includes the Canadian Competition Bureau, the Toronto Police Service, the Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, the Ontario Provincial Police, the RCMP, the...
Posted in Canada, USA, Consumer Protection Law, Administrative and Regulatory Law, Competition/Anti-Trust Law, International Intellectual Property Protection, International Anti-Trust/Competition Law, Intellectual Property | No Comments
January 11, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On January 9, 2008, the Federal Court of Appeal heard the judicial review application in Apple Canada Inc., Dell Inc., Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft Canada Co.), Sandisk Corporation and Sony of Canada v. Canadian Private...
Posted in Litigation & Class Actions, Administrative and Regulatory Law, Entertainment/Media Law, Internet & E-Commerce Law, Canada, International Intellectual Property Protection | No Comments
December 27, 2007By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
News is swirling that Egypt is planning to pass a law requiring payment of royalties whenever its historic Egyptian monuments are reproduced. Mr. Zahi Hawass, the Head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities has indicated...
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