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Virtual reality headsets may be the next frontier in immersive entertainment, but the cutting-edge technology could also be the next frontier of privacy issues with a new way to secretly record people.

Fashion law is a small field in Canada. Few have written academically on the topic; even fewer practice fashion law daily. However, fashion overlaps well-established areas of law including intellectual property, brand and enterprise management, labour and human resources, competition, commercial law, consumer law, environmental law, and now, the regulation of Internet and artificial intelligence (AI).

March 4, 2024, will mark a significant milestone in Canadian copyright law: the 20th anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada's unanimous decision in CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada, 2004 SCC 13.

Courts have tried to keep the idea-expression distinction clear despite criticism as to the concept’s usefulness. Artificial intelligence (AI) has now brought a new layer to this debate.

Without a text and data mining exception in Canada, developers may hesitate to take on this risk of liability for copyright infringement. The exceptions absence risks a chilling effect on innovation. The current regulatory uncertainty in Canada creates further knock-on effects that affect AI adoption.