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| As part of the much-anticipated Drummond Report last week, the Ontario government has been given some specific guidance on how it can manage the electricity sector as part of its efforts to reduce... [read more]Wednesday, 22 February 2012 | Andrew Lord |
| As we previously reported, upon becoming Premier last fall, Alison Redford promised that certain proposed transmission projects which had been proposed as Critical Transmission Infrastructure... [read more]Wednesday, 15 February 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Qj.net has reported that Electronic Arts. Inc. lost its legal battle before the National Arbitration Forum against Abstract Holdings International Ltd. for the rights to the SSX.com domain name. In... [read more]Friday, 10 February 2012 | Tania Da Silva |
| The first sitting of the Alberta legislature for 2012 opened today with Lieutenant Governor Donald Ethell delivering the speech from the throne.
With the provincial budget coming on Thursday... [read more]Tuesday, 7 February 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| As discussed here, the B.C. government's new Natural Gas strategy and LNG strategy released last week set out significant new details on the province's plans to develop its natural gas resources... [read more]Tuesday, 7 February 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The British Columbia government announced two new strategies today: the Natural Gas strategy, which has the stated goal of helping British Columbia become a world leader in secure and stable... [read more]Friday, 3 February 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent and Alberta Environment and Water Minister Diane McQueen jointly announced today a new joint plan to improve environmental monitoring of the oil sands.
The... [read more]Friday, 3 February 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, an industry group representing upstream oil and natural gas producers in Canada, announced on Monday that it had issued six voluntary operating practices... [read more]Wednesday, 1 February 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Federal Natural Resources Joe Oliver, in a speech in Calgary on Wednesday, committed to reforming and streamlining the federal environmental approvals process in the coming months.
He expressed... [read more]Wednesday, 25 January 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The story of Catalyst Paper over the last few years has not been positive. It has closed facilities and shed costs in an attempt to regain profitability. More recently, it entered into agreements... [read more]Monday, 23 January 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| On January 17, the Manitoba Public Utilities Board issued its Order no. 5/12 respecting Manitoba Hydro's 2010-2012 general rate application.
Hydro had applied for an average rate increase... [read more]Thursday, 19 January 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| We posted recently about how EA has brought a pre-emptive lawsuit seeking judicial confirmation that it has a constitutional right to depict real-world helicopters in its games.
This lawsuit... [read more]Wednesday, 18 January 2012 | David Spratley |
| Bethesda and Interplay have settled a long-running dispute over the Fallout IP. Bethesda bought the Fallout franchise from Interplay in 2007, but licensed back to Interplay certain rights to... [read more]Wednesday, 18 January 2012 | David Spratley |
| According to reports from CBC and The Globe and Mail, the U.S. State Department will issue its decision regarding TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline project later today.
Both sources... [read more]Wednesday, 18 January 2012 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Canada has Patent Prosecution Highway ("PPH") agreements with the US patent office, Finland, Germany, Spain, Japan, Denmark and Korea. The agreements with Japan, Denmark and Korea were... [read more]Monday, 16 January 2012 | Euan Taylor |
| Kotaku is reporting that Electronic Arts has filed a lawsuit asking the US federal court to hold that it has a constitutional right to depict helicopters based on real-life models in its video games... [read more]Thursday, 12 January 2012 | Jennifer Whincup |
| Datel Design & Development and Microsoft have buried the hatchet, settling their respective anti-trust and patent-infringement lawsuits against each other in relation to the Xbox 360 system. The... [read more]Wednesday, 11 January 2012 | Brandi Stocks |
| On January 3, 2012, Ontario Superior Court Justice Carole Brown J. granted an injunction to the Wahgoshig First Nation (the "WFN") restraining a junior minor from engaging... [read more]Friday, 6 January 2012 | Angeline Nyce, R.P.F. |
| As Canada announced its withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol in late December, 2011 and amid much discussion about the future of Canadian climate policy, January 1, 2012 marked the coming into... [read more]Thursday, 5 January 2012 | Sarah Robicheau |
| As of January 4, 2012, Ontario has amended regulations under the Assessment Act to clarify the property tax treatment of solar, wind and biogas projects in the province. As detailed below,... [read more]Wednesday, 4 January 2012 | Andrew Lord |
| In Ariss v. Ariss, 2011 ABQB 435 [Ariss], the wife brought an Application to unfile an Affidavit sworn by her in support of an Interim Order for child support and spousal support. Subsequently, the... [read more]Thursday, 29 December 2011 | Joni Funk |
| Enmax Energy has begun installing renewable energy systems for residential consumers across Alberta with funding from the Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation. The CCEMC allocated... [read more]Thursday, 22 December 2011 | Jennifer Cleall |
| There is a fundamental conflict between keeping an invention as a trade-secret, and seeking a patent to cover it. The underlying bargain for granting a patent is that in exchange for the exclusive... [read more]Saturday, 17 December 2011 | Euan Taylor |
| As the annual UN Climate Change Conference winds down in Durban, South Africa, Canada appears poised to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol. The anticipated withdrawal comes as no surprise to observers... [read more]Friday, 9 December 2011 | Jennifer Cleall |
| There is a common misconception that one can obtain an “international” or “global” patent. In fact, although one can file an international application under the Patent Cooperation... [read more]Thursday, 8 December 2011 | Euan Taylor |
| Changes to the Federal Child Support Tables come into force on December 31, 2011. The effect on existing child support obligations will vary depending on income levels and the effect of... [read more]Monday, 28 November 2011 | Lisa Slater |
| Siloxane D5 (1), a common ingredient in many cosmetics and other toiletries, is the first subject of an independent Environment Canada review of a prior decision identifying a substance... [read more]Monday, 28 November 2011 | Sarah Robicheau |
| Alberta’s Premier, Alison Redford, recently completed a tour through Washington, D.C., New York City, Toronto and Ottawa. She punctuated the tour with a speech at the Economic Club of Canada... [read more]Monday, 28 November 2011 | Jennifer Cleall |
| The British Columbia government yesterday introduced a bill, the Family Law Act, to reform British Columbia's family laws and replace the 1978 statute, the Family Relations Act. The Family... [read more]Tuesday, 15 November 2011 | Lisa Slater |
| According to a Reuters report, the US International Trade Commission has ruled in favour of Nintendo Co. in a patent infringement claim brought by Motiva LLC. In a notice issued by Judge Robert K... [read more]Thursday, 3 November 2011 | Michael Mjanes |
| Kerr v. Baranow, 2011 SCC 10, outlines the Supreme Court of Canada's approach to property division for common law spouses. In contrast to married couples, there is no legislation to assist common... [read more]Wednesday, 2 November 2011 | Joni Funk |
| The Ontario Ministry of Energy officially launched its scheduled review of the Feed-in Tariff program today. The review comes two years into the FIT program and on the heels of a tight election... [read more]Monday, 31 October 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Court denies Ubisoft's motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against OG's "Get Up and Dance"
Though it's likely that most self-styled "hard... [read more]Monday, 31 October 2011 | Ali Owaisi |
| Like all video game lawyers, we're interested in the wacky world of virtual property -- in-game characters and property -- and the questions that surround it, such as who owns virtual property,... [read more]Wednesday, 26 October 2011 | David Spratley |
| Mojang, the creator of Minecraft, is in a trade-mark tussle with Bethesda Softworks and has won the first battle. Bethesda, who publishes the "Elder Scrolls" series, objected to Mojang's... [read more]Tuesday, 25 October 2011 | David Spratley |
| The province, apparently making good on premier Alison Redford's promise to send transmission projects "back to the drawing board" has stopped hearings into three transmission projects... [read more]Friday, 21 October 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| As Davis first discussed in detail here, the Open for Business Act, 2010 made several changes to the Environmental Protection Act, Ontario Water Resources Act and Safe Drinking Water Act,... [read more]Thursday, 20 October 2011 | Sarah Robicheau |
| Australia's minority Labor government passed that country's first nationwide carbon tax this week. The tax will go to the Australian senate for approval next month.
The details of... [read more]Wednesday, 19 October 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| As we reported earlier this year, a public inquiry into the death of a Calgary man made a number of recommendations as to the procedures to be followed for utility disconnection. These recommendations... [read more]Wednesday, 19 October 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| On October 7, 2011 the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Smith v. Inco Ltd, granting Inco’s appeal and overturning the trial court’s award of damages under the doctrine... [read more]Wednesday, 19 October 2011 | Sarah Robicheau |
| Snuck in the middle somewhere between "Putting Families First" and "Services for BC Families", in her Speech from the Throne on October 3, 2011 ("Throne Speech"),... [read more]Tuesday, 4 October 2011 | Danielle Jarvis |
| Snuck in the middle somewhere between "Putting Families First" and "Services for BC Families", in her Speech from the Throne on October 3, 2011 ("Throne Speech"),... [read more]Tuesday, 4 October 2011 | Danielle Jarvis |
| The National Round Table on Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) has just published its latest climate change report, "Climate Prosperity: Paying the Price - the Economic Impacts of Climate Change... [read more]Tuesday, 4 October 2011 | Jennifer Cleall |
| Early Sunday, the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party selected
Alison Redford, a Calgary human rights lawyer and former provincial Justice minister, as the party's new leader. Redford... [read more]Monday, 3 October 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Earlier this year, Environment Minister Peter Kent stated in the House of Commons that the federal government was going to look more carefully at shale gas extraction, and in particular the impact... [read more]Monday, 3 October 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| As we previously reported, the Ontario government earlier this year announced that no offshore wind projects in that province would proceed, that pending applications for offshore wind would be suspended,... [read more]Thursday, 29 September 2011 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Canadian Environment Minister, Peter Kent, recently traveled to Mexico to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Mexico's Secretary for Environment and Natural Resources, Juan Elvira... [read more]Wednesday, 21 September 2011 | Jennifer Cleall |
| A family in Chatham-Kent has launched a civil claim against the Kent Breeze wind farm, which is owned by Suncor Energy. The Michaud's allege that the wind turbines emit audible and inaudible noise,... [read more]Wednesday, 21 September 2011 | Andrew Lord |
| Rogers, one of Canada's leading telecommunication providers, acknowledges that the internet traffic management techniques that it uses to slow down and prioritize certain kinds of network traffic... [read more]Thursday, 8 September 2011 | David Spratley |
| Guest posting by Dr. Andreas Lober
For nearly two decades, "Doom" has been considered evil in Germany: The game was "banned" or, more precisely, "indexed" in Europe's... [read more]Wednesday, 7 September 2011 |
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