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In 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada decided three cases related to digital privacy rights under the Charter. While there was a general trend toward broader protections for digital privacy rights, the Court was strongly divided on several key issues. Digital privacy continues to be a contentious issue, making it difficult to predict how the area will evolve in the years to come.

Is Upcycling the Future of Fashion? The Legal Risk Behind this Trend

New records obtained by CIPPIC show troubling delays by the watchdog responsible for enforcing Canada's main transparency legislation at the federal government level.

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.

After two decades as the dominant force in tabletop roleplaying, Wizards of the Coast faced major backlash for attempting to change the Open Game License (OGL) for Dungeons & Dragons. The OGL had balanced third-party creativity with copyright control, but its revocation sparked public outcry. The controversy highlights tensions between copyright and community, and the uncertain legal status of game mechanics in copyright law.

L’enseignement clinique est, après tout, un apprentissage expérientiel. Il intègre théorie et pratique par un engagement structuré et supervisé auprès de véritables problèmes juridiques. Cette pédagogie favorise une pratique du droit réflexive et guidée par des valeurs, qui distingue les professionnels voués à la justice des autres. Nourrir le désir et la capacité des étudiants à rendre justice est un processus que la professeure de droit américaine Jane Aiken appelle la form

CIPPIC and OpenMedia provide comment on the occasion of World Telecommunication Day.

A quiet resurgence of the twin myths? In R v Reimer, the Ontario Court of Appeal suggests that sexts sent before a sexual encounter may be used as evidence of consent. The Supreme Court of Canada has now refused to hear an appeal.

In this second instalment in CIPPIC’s new fashion law blog series, I dive into the nuanced relationship between trademark law, brands, and brand power. What follows is a look at how trademarks help companies establish and build reputation, through the lens of some Canadian fashion case studies.

Canada was first out of the gate with a national AI strategy, but now risks being outpaced in the global race to implementation. How does the nation that pioneered foundational AI research translate its academic prestige into tangible, trustworthy innovation for all Canadians?