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© 2002, Deeth Williams Wall LLP. All Rights Reserved. By: Heather Watts (April 12, 2002) AIDS and Africa Since the Uruguay Round of the GATT in 1994, patented drugs, and access to them, in the developing world have become major discussion points. Nowhere is the issue more important, than in Africa, the continent facing one of the worst health crises in history, and which is also the continent with the highest number of Least-Developed Countries (or LDCs) in the world.

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© 2002, Deeth Williams Wall LLP. All Rights Reserved. By: Amy-Lynne Williams and Javad Heydary (November, 2001) Canada is one of the "most connected countries in the world" and it is estimated thatCanadian e-commerce will grow to over CND$150 billion ( £65 billion) by 2004. (Industry Canada: http://strategis.gc.ca)

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© 2001, 1999, Deeth Williams Wall LLP. All Rights Reserved. By: Jennifer Jannuska As of January 1, 1999, businesses and individual consumers have had to pay a premium on all "blank audio recording media" purchased in Canada. "Blank audio recording media" includes CD-Rewritable media, used by many companies for data storage.

© 2001, 1998, Deeth Williams Wall LLP. All Rights Reserved. By: Michael Erdle The Canadian Minister of Industry, John Manley, announced the official federal policy on cryptography on October 7, 1998, and at that time, outlined the six elements of his government's policy:

© 2001, 2000, Deeth Williams Wall LLP. All Rights Reserved. By: Gervas W. Wall and Nicholas Whalen (Articling Student at the Firm) It has been said that every contract is made of two parts: the boilerplate and the important stuff i. For many lawyers, boilerplate has become the drafting equivalent of wallpaper -it looks nice, is always around, but after a while you don't notice it any more.

© 2001, 2000, Deeth Williams Wall LLP. All Rights Reserved. By: Shereen Hamdy Updated: on January 31, 2002 by Heather Watts (June 30, 2000) Introduction

© 2001, 2000, Deeth Williams Wall LLP. All Rights Reserved. By: Jennifer Jannuska (June 30, 2000) Rudder v. Microsoft Corp. [1999] Click-through agreements are enforceable in Canada. A 1999 decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice clarified what was an ambiguous legal position for Canadian e-commerce vendors and licensors.

© 2000, Deeth Williams Wall LLP. All Rights Reserved. By: Amy-Lynne Williams and Ailbe Flynn (June 21, 2000) Background Domain names are now an important part of acquisitions, product launches, trade-mark policing and new businesses. Although domain names are registered for as little as $70.00 (or free in some cases), they are routinely sold for much more. Recent high profile sales include: 1

© 2000, 1999, Deeth Williams Wall LLP. All Rights Reserved. By: Shereen Hamdy What is the proper test for confusion when deciding trade-mark infringement and passing off cases? Is it sufficient that consumers think that the two products come from the same source?. The Ontario Court in Kraft Jacobs Suchard (Schweiz) AG v Hagemeyer Canada Inc., [1998] O.J. No. 415, held that in determining the test for confusion it is enough that consumers think that the two products come from the same source.

© 2001, 1999, Deeth Williams Wall LLP. All Rights Reserved. By: Heather Watts and Sue Diaz (Articling Student at the Firm) The Government of Canada Competition Bureau released new Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines in 2000; these are currently available on the Competition Bureau's web site.

© 2000, 1999, Deeth Williams Wall LLP. All Rights Reserved. By: Jennifer Jannuska The issue of the patentability of life forms has been surrounded by various ethical concerns. Recent controversies in the United States have called into question the cultural correctness of patenting certain types of living matter.

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© 2001, 1998, Deeth Williams Wall LLP. All Rights Reserved . By: Gordon Jepson [First published in the October 1998 issue of Regulatory Affairs Focus: Regulatory Corner "Focus" is a Magazine for Regulatory Affairs Professionals, published by the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society]

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© 2001, 1998, Deeth Williams Wall LLP. All Rights Reserved. By: Amy-Lynne Williams (Presented at the1997 CLA Pacific Rim Conference: Hawaii February 26-28, 1997) For hundreds of years, commercial entities and individuals have pursued their contractual remedies and resolved their problems by resorting to the court systems available in their jurisdictions. This will continue.