Lex Pundit
Subject

Technology

Software, platforms, AI, and the rules catching up to them.

Cases
Supreme Court of Canada
Google Inc v Equustek Solutions Inc
2017 SCC 34

The Court upheld an interlocutory injunction requiring Google to de-index a company's websites worldwide — not only on its Canadian domain — to prevent ongoing harm from the online sale of goods that misappropriated trade secrets.

Jun 28, 2017
Supreme Court of Canada
Crookes v Newton
2011 SCC 47

The Court held that hyperlinking to defamatory material is not, by itself, 'publication' of that material for the purposes of defamation law; something more is needed to show the linker adopted or endorsed the content.

Oct 19, 2011
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