Extractions: The Canadian Supreme Court has decided in a potentially very important case that the purchaser, not the author, of content decides what will happen to it. This decision Also open to debate is how this decision affects areas which are less clearly 'content,' such as software: companies have often stated that when buying a box of software at a store, the purchaser is buying not a copy, but a license to run that software, and so is subject to a licensing agreement. To this point, no Canadian law has established strong powers for the content creators over consumers. This decision may put a block in the way of those organizations and individuals who want to institute limits on the rights of consumers to do what they want with the content they own. Sponsors
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Extractions: The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a municipal bylaw banning the use of pesticides is constitutional, thereby dismissing an appeal by two lawn-spraying companies, Spraytech and Chemlawn , that challenged a bylaw passed by Hudson, Quebec, a town of 5,400 located west of Montreal. With almost 4.5 million Canadians claiming ownership of a lawn or garden in 1999
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Extractions: Category: Current Developments The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) is the highest level the Canadian judiciary and its decisions cannot be appealed, making them the mandatory object of constant reference and study for the whole of the Canadian legal community. Also, many of these decisions are of great interest to the citizens of Canada. Indeed, since the adoption of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms , the Court often has to speak on political and social issues with which great parts of the population are concerned. For these reasons, the decisions of the Supreme Court have understandably been the first collection of Canadian judicial material to be published on the Internet; our team at the Centre de recherche en droit public (CRDP) started publishing them at the spring of 1994. The new service met with instant success, and the response has been increasing ever since; during 1996, the Supreme Court Web site has met more than 300 000 requests and document downloads. Our goal at the CRDP is to make SCC decisions available to a much larger public that can afford using existing on-line legal information commercial providers. This concern of democratising access to judicial information called for technologies that would be the most affordable for us and simple to use for the end-user. Also, with scarce financing for the project, we had to develop processes allowing for the free publishing of the information. We thus had to make the processing of the files provided by the SCC into a distribution format usable by lawyers and citizens as automatic as possible. While the service has remained unchanged in its three years so far, the technical means used to provide it have considerably evolved. The pragmatic solutions used at first gradually made way for a rigorous and automated process based on the use of SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language).
Extractions: BostonDecember 5, 2002The "oncomouse," so dubbed for its ability to reliably reproduce characteristics of various human cancers, was created in Harvard Medical School laboratories in the early 1980s through the careful manipulation of cancer causing genes. The oncomouse is used to study how cancers manifest, and to test new treatments for breast, prostate and other forms of this devastating disease. The Court's disappointing narrow decision leaned on technical aspects of a 19th century patent law and is counter to the recommendations made earlier this year by the Canadian government's own biotech committee. As the Court did, we would encourage the Canadian Parliament to reconsider this issue. Under the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, the United States Congress encouraged universities to take ownership of inventions arising from federally funded research, and at the same time required universities to make every effort to bring these inventions to public use. Harvard's long-standing internal policies require that inventions in health and therapeutics be used for public benefit as rapidly as possible. The University considers patents to be essential to making this happen. The oncomouse is a good example. It is a major research resource for studying a wide range of human cancers. It has been used extensively in academic and industry settings to work toward potential treatments and cures that could ease human suffering worldwide. Canadian scientists are at-risk of being left behind their colleagues around the world as a result of this decision.
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Extractions: Fri Dec 5 08:56:11 CST 2003 - From: "Jason Young" < jyoung@lexinformatica.org > To: "Declan McCullagh" < declan@well.com http://www.lexinformatica.org. The judicial review by the Federal Court of Appeals can be found here http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/decisions/m27101999-b.pdf [PDF] Related Articles - Internet royalty case lands in Supreme Court [CBC] Canadian Songwriters Want ISPs to Pay For Downloads http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32610-2003Dec3.html http://www.shorl.com/golihirilypa [Canada.com] Songwriters eye ISP royalties http://www.shorl.com/hotehyrohute http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,39020336,39118189,00.htm [ZDNet UK] Cheers, Jason - Jason Young Gowling Fellow in Technology Law University of Ottawa Faculty of Law (Common Law Section) 506 - 57 Louis Pasteur Ottawa, Ontario http://www.commonlaw.uottawa.ca/tech/
Extractions: for Harvard Research Mouse AP 5dec02 TORONTO - A divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Canada's 19th-century patent law prohibits Harvard University from patenting a cancer-prone mouse it developed for research. The 5-4 decision is likely to cause the government to consider changing the patent law, which dates back to 1869, to include issues such as genetic engineering that have resulted from modern science and technology. By rejecting a patent for the Harvard mouse, the Supreme Court prevented Canada from joining the United States, Europe and Japan in granting patent protection for a higher life form. The court said the mouse fails to meet the definition of invention written into the federal Patent Act. In writing the majority decision, Justice Michel Bastarache said: "The act in its current form fails to address many of the unique concerns that are raised by the patenting of higher life forms." The case is expected to shape the government's evolving policy on cloning and genetic engineering. Legislation under consideration would ban cloning. Canada has previously allowed patents for single-celled organisms such as bacteria bioengineered for specific industrial jobs.
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Extractions: Levene Tadman is a full service law firm which represents clients in all areas of the law and at all levels of Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada. The firm represents diverse clients, including national and international corporations, financial institutions, Crown corporations, governments, insurance companies, professional governing bodies, small businesses and individuals. Levene Tadman is a law firm committed to the delivery of quality legal services. Irrespective of the complexity of the problem or the sophistication level of the client, it is the policy and the expectation of the firm that all clients receive the best level of expertise and service. Counsel and clients work together to resolve legal problems by utilizing the most effective and cost-efficient approach. The interests of clients of Levene Tadman are represented by a complement of capable litigators and solicitors. Litigation counsel deal with a wide variety of issues including civil actions, personal injury claims, commercial and corporate litigation, family, criminal and administrative law. The firm's solicitors attend to commercial, corporate and private business concerns as well as wills and estates, environmental and taxation matters. Members of the firm have preferred areas of practice but it is common to confer with colleagues to provide each client with comprehensive advice. Levene Tadman's dedication to providing superior legal services has resulted in its representing clients at all levels of courts in Canada and in all areas of litigation. Members of the firm have held positions on regulatory bodies of government and private industry. Many members hold positions on committees and task forces dealing with economic, social and political issues. Serving as benchers of the Law Society of Manitoba and elected members of the Manitoba Bar Association, firm members contribute to the quality and improvement of the legal system.
CBC News:Internet Royalty Case Lands In Supreme Court supreme court of Canada began hearing arguments over whether Internet Service Providers(ISPs), both here and abroad, should start paying tariffs for canadian http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/12/03/copyright031203
Extractions: Sarah Deutsch Internet providers say they're just providing the technology, that it's the people who create music websites who should pay the royalties. Otherwise, the costs will be passed along to the taxpayers. "Consumers will see inevitably that their internet bills will go up," said Jay Thomson, president of the Canadian Association of Internet Providers. The people who represent Canadian artists say everyone who has a hand in transmitting recorded music is liable. "Creative people should be compensated for the use and exploitation of their music, " said Paul Spurgeon, general counsel for the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada. "We're obviously in a struggle right now trying to figure out the best techniques to ensure that they are compensated appropriately." The top court is being asked to answer a fundamental question: who is responsible for what happens on the internet? The answer could have wide-ranging repercussions.
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Extractions: I. Introduction 1 This Reference requires us to consider momentous questions that go to the heart of our system of constitutional government. The observation we made more than a decade ago in Reference re Manitoba Language Rights , [1985] 1 S.C.R. 721 ( Manitoba Language Rights Reference ), at p. 728, applies with equal force here: as in that case, the present one "combines legal and constitutional questions of the utmost subtlety and complexity with political questions of great sensitivity". In our view, it is not possible to answer the questions that have been put to us without a consideration of a number of underlying principles. An exploration of the meaning and nature of these underlying principles is not merely of academic interest. On the contrary, such an exploration is of immense practical utility. Only once those underlying principles have been examined and delineated may a considered response to the questions we are required to answer emerge. 2 The questions posed by the Governor in Council by way of Order in Council P.C. 1996-1497, dated September 30, 1996, read as follows:
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Extractions: The Supreme Court of Canada is Canada's highest court and is located in the capital city of Ottawa . It is now the final court of appeal, the last judicial resort for all litigants, whether individual or governmental. Its jurisdiction embraces both the civil law of the province of Quebec and the common law of the other provinces and territories. When handling Quebec civil law cases the court is careful to have them reviewed by the three civil law judges that are always on the court. The court is composed of nine justices, appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Cabinet. The court is housed in a massive Art Deco building designed by Ernest Cormier
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Extractions: Main Page See live article Alphabetical index The Supreme Court of Canada is Canada's highest court and is located in the capital city of Ottawa . It is now the final court of appeal, the last judicial resort for all litigants, whether individual or governmental. Its jurisdiction embraces both the civil law of the province of Quebec and the common law of the other provinces and territories. When handling Quebec civil law cases the court is careful to have them reviewed by the three civil law judges that are always on the court. 6 Sources The creation of the Court was authorized by the Constitution Act (formerly called the British North America Act 1867). The first bills for its creation, introduced in the Parliament of Canada in 1869 and in 1870, were withdrawn. On April 8 , however, a new bill was finally passed. The statesmen most prominent in establishing the Supreme Court were Sir John A. Macdonald
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Extractions: Ottawa Attractions Choose from these Attractions: The Supreme Court stands a short distance from Parliament Hill a reminder that, while the judiciary is a branch of Canada's government, it is completely independent from the legislative and executive branches of government. The Supreme Court interprets the Canadian constitution and is the highest court of appeal in the land. It hears criminal and civil cases from the ten provincial courts, the three territorial courts and from the Federal Court. Quick Facts Open May to August daily, from 9 am to 5 pm. Guided tours of the courtrooms are offered every day, including weekends. Closed Saturday and Sunday from 12 pm to 1 pm. Reservations for guided tours are required during the rest of the year and guided tours are offered only Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 5 pm. Cost : Free Services
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Extractions: Dictionaries: General Computing Medical Legal Encyclopedia Word: Word Starts with Ends with Definition The Supreme Court of Canada is Canada's Canada , the northernmost country on the North American continent, is a federation governed as a constitutional monarchy. It is bordered by the United States to the south as well as in the northwest. The Canada-U.S. border is the world's longest undefended border. The country stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. Canada also reaches the Arctic Ocean in the north where Canada's territorial claim extends to the North Pole.