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Birkin up the Wrong Tree?: NFTs & Trademark Protection
For my final project, I will examine a trademark infringement case about NFTs and its potential implications on Canadian IP law. What are NFTs? Non-fungible tokens, commonly known as NFTs, are digital tokens with a unique, one-of-one identifier distinguishing them from any other blockchain token. In recent years, NFTs have blossomed as novel digital assets. […]
CanLII v. Caseway: Future of AI-generated Legal Databases on Trial
Resonating with our latest class discussion, in a fresh claim filed at the BC Supreme Court, the beloved CanLII gets in a legal dispute with Caseway, a company using AI as a legal researcher assistant to provide clients with legal information for a subscription fee. CanLII alleges that the company “coordinated the bulk and systematic […]
Tossing a (Bit)coin: UK Court Rejects Dr. Craig Wright’s Claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto, But What’s Next?
Back in March this year, the High Court of Justice in the UK dismissed the claim by Dr. Craig Wright, a computer scientist and businessman from Australia, that he is the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto, the unrevealed mastermind behind Bitcoin. Justice Mellor, in the decision issued on May 20, found that Dr. Wright did not write […]