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Ten years on, Karin Hinzer’s SUNLAB spins off technology and talent in the solar energy sector. Student start-ups like Spectrafy are a model of the entrepreneurial spirit bred in the lab.

The Centre for Law, Technology and Society's Canada Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) and the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) have earned a grant from the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) to produce a guidebook and online resource to help people protect their privacy and personal data when crossing the U.S.-Canada border.

On June 23, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a landmark decision in Douez v. Facebook, ruling that non-negotiated take-it-or-leave it contracts should not always be enforced by the courts, particularly where important rights, as privacy rights, might be lost by doing so. The decision – a victory for all Canadians – was made possible through contributions from the Centre for Law, Technology...

Professors Amy Salyzyn, Suzanne Bouclin, Jena McGill and Teresa Scassa have been awarded a grant from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, through its Contributions Program, for a research project seeking to protect the privacy interests of users and developers of mobile and web-based legal apps.

Prof. Florian Martin-Bariteau, Director of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, is delighted to announce that the Centre’s Management Committee approved the appointment of 6 new Faculty members coming from the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Arts, at the University of Ottawa: Dr. Wolfgang Alschner, Dr. Suzanne Bouclin, Prof. Thomas Burelli, Dr. Mary Cavanagh, Prof. Jena McGill and Prof. A...

Professor Jeremy de Beer has been awarded the 2017 Charles B. Seton Award by the Copyright Society of the USA for his article “Canada's Copyright Tariff-Setting Process: An Empirical Review”.

Professor Florian Martin-Bariteau, Director of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, has earned a Knowledge Synthesis Grant (KSG) from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for a project entitled “L'état de la protection des lanceurs d'alerte au Canada et dans le monde global et numérique” (The State of Whistleblowers Protection in Canada and the Global, Digit...

On June 1st, Prof. Michael Geist appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. The Committee is currently conducting hearings on intellectual property and technology transfers.

The Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), at the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, has been awarded a grant from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada for a research project examining the state of the Canadian data broker industry and its evolution over the past 10 years.

This blog post is part of series written by students who attended “Following the Signs: New Directions in Trademark Law”, a symposium on the new Canadian trademark framework hosted by the Centre for Law, Technology and Society on May 8th, 2017.