The European Court of Justice issued a judgment in Scarlet v. SADAM (C‑70/10) deciding an injunction requiring general content filtering by an ISP for possible copyright infringing materials contravened EU directives.
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The Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Crookes v. Newton, 2011 SCC 47. With three sets of reasons concurring in the result, the Court held that the use of a hyperlink cannot, by itself, amount to publication even if the hyperlink is followed and the defamatory content accessed.
In a decision released today, the EU Court of Justice ruled in Brustle v. GreenpeaceC-34/10 that processes requiring the use of human embryos, broadly defined, as base material even if the description does not refer to the use of human embryos are unpatentable in Europe. Continue reading EU Court of Justice limits patentability of embryonic research→
Justices Moldaver and Karakatsanis, both currently of the Ontario Court of Appeal have been nominated for the Supreme Court. It was also announced today that the Supreme Court will release its decision in Crookes v. Newton relating to defamation liability by hyperlinking on Wednesday. Continue reading Supreme Court of Canada news→
Copyright will be on the agenda when the Supreme Court of Canada starts its fall session this week. Five appeals from the Copyright Board are scheduled to be heard in early December. Continue reading Supreme Court of Canada starts fall session→
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