Weekly Newsletter for July 11, 2023

Weekly News (July 11, 2023)

Compiled by Charnjot Shokar and Manveetha Muddaluru with Sara Bannerman

McMaster University, Communications Governance Observatory

(July 5 – July 10, 2023)

Canadian News 

International News

(July 5 – July 10, 2023)

Federal Court of Canada

  • [COPYRIGHT] Fromfroid S.A. v. 1048547 Ontario Inc
    • In this patent infringement case, the main issue is whether the Defendants built and used the Plaintiff’s invention before or after the patent expired. Although the evidence is circumstantial, it supports the presumption that an infringing copy of the invention was made before the patent expired, contrary to the Defendants’ claims. I therefore order the Defendants to pay compensatory and punitive damages.

Canadian Heritage

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 

  • Broadcasting decision 2023-200
    [2023-07-10 11:00:00]
    Association des francophones du Nunavut – Iqaluit, Nunavut – Application to renew the broadcasting licence for the French-language community radio station CFRT-FM Iqaluit
  • Telecom order 2023-199
    [2023-07-10 11:00:00]
    Télébec, Société en commandite – Final approval of a tariff application – Public record: Tariff Notice 534
  • Telecom order 2023-198
    [2023-07-07 11:00:00]
    TELUS Communications Inc. – Withdrawal of Do Not Disturb – Public record: Tariff Notice 578
  • Broadcasting decision 2023-197
    [2023-07-07 11:00:00]
    Bay of Islands Radio Inc. – Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador – Application to renew the broadcasting licence for the low-power English-language community radio station CKVB-FM Corner Brook
  • Telecom decision 2023-196
    [2023-07-07 11:00:00]
    Review of the approach to rate setting for wholesale telecommunications services – Public record: 1011-NOC2020-0131
  • Telecom decision 2023-195
    [2023-07-07 11:00:00]
    Forbearance from the regulation of high-capacity / digital data services interexchange private line services on certain additional routes – Public record: 8638-S1-01/98
  • Broadcasting decision 2023-194
    [2023-07-07 11:00:00]
    My Radio 580 Ltd. – Edmonton, Alberta – Application to renew the broadcasting licence for the ethnic commercial AM radio station CHAH Edmonton
  • Broadcasting decision 2023-193
    [2023-07-06 11:00:00]
    International Harvesters for Christ Evangelistic Association Inc. – Charlottetown and Summerside, Prince Edward Island – Application to renew the broadcasting licence for the English-language commercial specialty (Religious music) radio station CIOG-FM Charlottetown and its transmitter CIOG-FM-1 Summerside
  • Broadcasting decision 2023-192
    [2023-07-06 11:00:00]
    Hay River Broadcasting Society – Hay River, Northwest Territories – Application to renew the broadcasting licence for the English-language community radio station CKHR-FM Hay River
  • Telecom order 2023-191
    [2023-07-06 11:00:00]
    Streamlined order – The Commission approves on a final basis the following tariff application: Bell Canada, TN 7670
  • Broadcasting decision 2023-190
    [2023-07-05 11:00:00]
    LU Campus Radio Inc. – Thunder Bay, Ontario – Application to renew the broadcasting licence for the English-language campus radio station CILU-FM Thunder Bay

Communications Security Establishment Canada

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

Meta

Supreme Court of Canada

  • [PRIVACY] Alina Owsianik v. Equifax Canada Co., et al.
    • Civil procedure – Class actions, Torts – Civil procedure — Class actions — Certification of issues — Tort — Intrusion upon seclusion — Corporation collected and aggregated financial and other information about millions of individuals and corporate entities — Unknown third parties gained unauthorized access to information — Breach discovered in July 2017 and made public in September 2017 — Whether it is plain and obvious that claim for intrusion upon seclusion is not available against collectors and custodians of private information where private information is improperly accessed by third party and defendants are alleged to have acted recklessly.
  • [PRIVACY] Dione Setoguchi v. Uber B.V., et al.
    • Civil procedure – Class actions, Torts, Contracts – Civil procedure — Class actions — Certification of issues — Tort —Contract — Commercial entity collected personal information from its customers for profit — Information accessed and downloaded by third party criminals — Whether it is plain and obvious that criminals’ actions cannot amount to compensable loss as against commercial entity — Whether viable claim in negligence or for nominal damages in breach of contract requires that customers whose information was taken show that the information was used to their detriment.

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

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