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Caveat emptor is an age-old concept.

This digest highlights a recent Federal Court decision where the Court held that computer software programs are goods, rather than services, irrespective of whether they are sold on disks or access over the internet.

Court held that officer could not rely on intuition as basis for warrantless search of university student's backpack

Going Paperless isn’t easy but it is worthwhile. Learn how you can start the discussion about Paperless initiatives at your firm.

It seems to me that amendments are like beauty — they depend upon the eye of the beholder as to their beneficial impact.

This digest highlights a recent Federal Court decision where the Court held that the actions of a company in providing manuals, training, and sending a supplier to modify equipment did not amount to inducement of patent infringement.

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Two new research and writing tools have been added to westlaw Canada to help users work more efficiently: a legal research checklist and an annotated memo template.

… a tribunal must be free to follow precedent even when it is not obliged to. It would be mischievous to oblige a tribunal to shut its eyes to its own previous decisions, policies, and interpretations.

This digest highlights a recent Federal Court decision where the Court held that a shortfall in the patent application fee relates to the application and does not invalidate the patent.

Tri Level Claims Consultants Ltd. v. Koliniotis (2005), [2005] O.J. No. 3381, 15 C.P.C. (6th) 241, 257 D.L.R. (4th) 297, 201 O.A.C. 282, 2005 CarswellOnt 3528 (Ont. C.A.) at para. 34 McMurtry C.J.O., Doherty and LaForme JJ.A.

The solicitor client privilege applied to emails on a corporate server even though the corporate policy manual indicated that emails were not guaranteed to be private and even though there was a later change in policy regarding corporate computer use for personal matters.