Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-05-13 https://t.co/qyFkCSK7uP 2023-05-14 What Gives You Hope Keeps You Fighting https://t.co/ef8iAcmmOf 2023-05-14 Contracting for tech under the AI provisions of CPPA, AIDA and Law 25 https://t.co/FfzYCPkcn6 2023-05-14 Here to Stay: Ontario Court of Appeal upholds referral to arbitration and clarifies stay analysis | McCarthy Tétrau… https://t.co/y56U8oxdcF 2023-05-14 AI makes non-invasive mind-reading possible by turning thoughts into text | Artificial intelligence (AI) https://t.co/MGtfcHjbqy 2023-05-14 PCAST Working Group on Generati ..read more

I had the pleasure to speak at the McCarthy Tetrault AI Summit along with my colleague Mike Scherman. The AI summit was attended by over 1,000 McCarthy Clients eager to hear about AI legal and regulation issues. Mike and I spoke on the topic of Contracting for tech under the AI provisions of CPPA, AIDA and Law 25. We stressed the importance of including present and  future AI regulatory issues in the tech contracting process. Our slides can be accessed below.… The post Contracting for tech under the AI provisions of CPPA, AIDA and Law 25 appeared first on Barry Sookman ..read more

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-05-06 https://t.co/Qqwz78cfaZ 2023-05-07 AI needs superintelligent regulation | Financial Times https://t.co/fDIXxPGQ43 2023-05-07 AI investigated in UK over fears of domination – BBC News https://t.co/wcXBprx5lU 2023-05-07 California Seeks to Be First to Regulate Business Use of AI https://t.co/YSmNFOCEei 2023-05-07 'We Shouldn't Regulate AI Until We See Meaningful Harm': Microsoft Economist to WEF https://t.co/ssYtpNDMwG 2023-05-07 Top Google engineer admits tech giant is falling behind in the A.I. arms race | Fortune https://t.co/2cULACNBN ..read more

I was very pleased to give a presentation to ALAI Canada on developments in Canadian copyright law (from May 2022-May 2023). Last year’s Annual Copyright Review can be accessed here. These were the cases I talked about. IMS Incorporated v. Toronto Regional Real Estate Board, 2023 FCA 70 Audax Architecture Inc. v. McCuaig, 2022 FC 1747 Whitehall Entertainment Incorporated v. Kafka Pictures Inc., 2022 BCPC 184 Fox Restaurant Concepts LLC v. 43 North Restaurant Group Inc., 2022 FC 1149 Tremblay v.… The post ALAI CANADA – ANNUAL MID-YEAR REVIEW OF CANADIAN COPYRIGHT LAW DEVELOPMENTS appeared first ..read more

In what has become a series of worldwide struggles against Google by persons whose reputations have been ruined by defamatory posts which Google refuses to de-list from its search engines, a Quebec man was awarded $500,000 in moral damages and a de-listing injunction against Google for breach of his rights under the Quebec Civil Code. The battle which started approximately 16 years ago and which ended after more than 6 years of litigation is reported in the case, A.B. c. Google, 2023 QCCS 1167.… The post Google liable for $500,000 in damages for not delisting defamatory information: A.B. v Goo ..read more

Federal Court sides with Facebook in privacy case tied to Cambridge Analytica affair | CBC News https://t.co/k4jjD6p6Gb 2023-04-23 Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-04-22 https://t.co/LSFZOdDKby 2023-04-23 https://t.co/FybMzUzZYi 2023-04-23 Navigating Copyright Risks in Generative AI https://t.co/l51jdZDUGn 2023-04-24 USPTO is holding public listening sessions on AI inventorship for patents https://t.co/RvnNPrzM9i 2023-04-24 https://t.co/QGNxiNIG7v 2023-04-24 ICO Response to UK Government White Paper on AI Regulation https://t.co/n5KkJOkaU4 2023-04-24 OSFI publishes Third-Par ..read more

5 questions for Microsoft's Natasha Crampton https://t.co/qVVp9OqtYR 2023-04-16 UK watchdog warns chatbot developers over data protection laws | Chatbots | The Guardian https://t.co/cBEL4uYuPh 2023-04-16 UK rules out new AI regulator – BBC News https://t.co/IHUmCJSJoD 2023-04-16 Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-04-15 https://t.co/8YAajvUFBw 2023-04-16 Nexon Sues Dark And Darker Devs For "Copyright Infringement", Demands Jury Trial https://t.co/w3yax0iCEL 2023-04-16 Opinion: Giving Canadians the ‘right to repair’ empowers consumers, supports competition and benefits the  ..read more

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-04-08 https://t.co/OuwZSoEn0E 2023-04-09 UK risks losing out on hi-tech growth if it falters on AI regulation via @ConversationUK https://t.co/Po1jtyilo4 2023-04-09 UK High Court Issues Landmark Global FRAND Rate Decision https://t.co/jnFjEqQk9p 2023-04-10 AIDA Companion Document: overview and questions https://t.co/PTlNjcSUz0 2023-04-10 Scoop: Ron Conway to convene tech execs on AI policy https://t.co/WHqxaT78mS 2023-04-10 A Roadmap for AI Regulation in Canada: Key Takeaways from ISED’s Companion Document for the Artificial Intelligence ..read more

I had the pleasure to speak earlier today at the Fordham 30th Annual Intellectual Property & Policy Conference in New York. My topic was IP & Live Content Piracy in Sports. The focus was on the availability of copyright dynamic blocking orders in Canada and elsewhere. I was honored to participate along with the moderator Michele Woods (WIPO) and other speakers and panelists, Julian Waiblinger (Nordemann), Joshua Graubart (Romano Law), Miruna Herovanu ( ACT), and Trevor Cook (Bird & Bird). They focused on the challenges and availability of dynamic blocking orders in the EU and Unite ..read more

ISED released a document purporting to explain the purposes and scope of AIDA and how the regulations will be rolled out. The long expected document, The Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA): Companion Document was released in anticipation of debates about AIDA in Parliament. The Companion Document is meant to provide assurances about AIDA, to quell the considerable unease among MPs and members of the public that AIDI is nothing but a shell of a bill with no details of what AI systems it will apply to and how it will regulate them. … The post AIDA Companion Document: overview and q ..read more