Topic: Canada

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) recently provided a first glimpse into how it will treat the issue of AI inventorship.

In this publication we give some some practical tips that businesses transacting with data should consider when licensing their data to third parties.

In this last instalment of our three part blog series, we consider the policy and legal implications of permitting or prohibiting AI to be an inventor, with a focus on the Canadian context.

In this blog we discuss the risks associated with digital transformation from technology, cybersecurity and privacy perspectives.

Part two of this update tackles OSFI’s Self-Assessment tool, which is seeing its first update since 2013.

The OSFI has released an updated Technology and Cyber Security Incident Reporting Advisory and new requirements for the Cyber Security Self-Assessment. Part one of this update will discuss the changes that have been made.

The Canadian federal government has launched a public consultation on adapting Canada’s copyright framework to ongoing developments in artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things.

The Bill proposes to subject social media platforms and streaming services to requirements similar to those imposed on traditional television and radio broadcasting companies in Canada.

New technologies have the potential to transform the insurance industry, having driven a flurry of M&A activity in early 2021.

As Bitcoin gains increasing traction since its inception 11 years ago, we begin to question whether it will slowly replace traditional dollar funding in M&A deals.