University of Victoria - Internet and Information Technology Law

Reading List - 2006

 

Class 1 - Introduction to the Course

Required Reading

  • There is no required reading for Class 1

 

Class 2 - Privacy Law

Required Reading

Suggested Reading

  • None

Background Materials

Model Codes

European Commission

Cases

Articles/Texts

Legislation

Quebec

 

Class 3 - Jurisdiction on the Internet

Required Reading

Suggested Reading

Background Materials

            Cases

            Articles/Texts

 

Class 4 - Patents, Trade Secrets, and Confidential Information

Patents

Required Reading

Suggested Reading

Background Materials

Articles/Texts

Cases  

Examples of Patents

  • "Securities Brokerage - Cash Management System with Short Term Investment Proceeds Allotted Among Multiple Accounts": U.S. Patent No. 4,774,663 (September 27, 1988). "Multimedia Search System Using a Plurality of Entry Path Means Which Indicate Interrelatedness of Information" (also known as the "Compton's Encyclopaedia Patent"): U.S. Patent No. 5,241,671 (August 31, 1993).
  • "Data processing system for hub and spoke financial services configuration"; U.S. Patent No. 5,193,056 (March 9, 1993); Signature Financial (the "State Street" case patent)

Patent Office Guidelines

Legislation and Treaties

Trade Secrets & Confidential Information

Required Reading

  • None.

Suggested Reading

Background Materials

Cases

Articles/Texts

  • Jeff C. Dodd, "Rights in Information: Conversion and Misappropriation Causes of Action in Intellectual Property Cases" (1995) 32 Houston Law Review 459. Gale R. Peterson, Trade Secret Protection in an Information Age (Little Falls: Glasser LegalWorks, 1997).
  • Institute of Law Research and Reform (Edmonton, Alberta) and A Federal Provincial Working Party, Trade Secrets, Report No. 46, July 1986.

 

Intro to IP & Trade Marks & Domain Name Disputes

Introduction to Intellectual Property Law

Required Reading

Suggested Reading

Background Material     

            Articles/Texts

Legislation

 

Trade Marks & Domain Name Disputes

Required Reading

Suggested Reading

Background Materials

          Cases         

Canada

  • Pro-C Limited v. Computer City, Inc. - 2001 Ontario case involving Web-based trademark infringment.
  • British Columbia Automobile Assn. v. O.P.E.I.U., Local 378 (2001), 10 C.P.R. (4th) 423 (B.C.S.C.)
  • Peinet Inc. v. O'Brien (c.o.b. Island Services Network (ISN), [1995] P.E.I.J. No. 68 (P.E.I.S.C.)
  • Canadian Kennel Club v. Continental Kennel Club, [1997] F.C.J. No. 1645 (F.C.T.D.)
  • ITV Technologies Inc. v. WIC Television Ltd,. [1997] F.C.J. No. 1645 (F.C.T.D)
  • ITV Technologies Inc. v. WIC Television Ltd,.[1997] F.C.J. No. 1803 (F.C.T.D.)
  • Tele-Direct (Publications) Inc. v. Canadian Business Online Inc. [1997] F.C.J. No. 1387 (F.C.T.D.)
  • Tele-Direct (Publications) Inc. v. Canadian Business Online Inc., [1998] F.C.J. No. 1306 (F.C.T.D.)
  • 1267623 Ontario Inc. et al. v. Nexx Online, Inc. (1999), 45 O.R. (3d) 40 (S.C.J.)
  • Bell Actimedia Inc. v. Puzo (Communications Globe Tête), [1999] F.C.J. No. 683 (F.C.T.D.)
  • Canada Post Corp. v. Epost Innovations Inc., [1999] F.C.J. No. 1297 (F.C.T.D.)
  • Epost Innovations Inc. v. Canada Post Corp., [1999] B.C.J. No. 2060 (B.C.S.C.)
  • Fitzwilliam v. Rolls-Royce plc,[1999] F.C.J. No. 527 (F.C.T.D.)
  • ITV Technologies, Inc. v. WIC Television Ltd., [1999] F.C.J. No. 1236 (F.C.T.D.)
  • Molson Breweries v. Kuettner, [1999] F.C.J. No. 1941 (F.C.T.D.)
  • Airline Seat Co. (c.o.b. Canadian Affair) v. 1396804 Ontario Inc., [2000] O.J. No. 2586 (Ont. S.C.J.)
  • Heathmount A.E. Corp. v. Technodome.com [2000] (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia)
  • Imax Corp v. Showmax, Inc., et al. (2000), 5 C.P.R. (4th) 81 (F.C.T.D.)
  • Innersense International Inc. v. Manegre, [2000] A.J. No. 613 (A.B.Q.B.); 2000 ABQB 424
  • Norigen Communications Inc. v. Ontario Hydro Energy Inc., [2000] O.J. No. 3174 (Ont. S.C.J.)
  • Norigen Communications Inc. v. Ontario Hydro Energy Inc., [2000] O.J. No. 3763 (Ont. S.C.J.)
  • Pro-C Ltd. v. Computer City Inc,. [2000] O.J. No. 2823 (Ont. S.C.J.)
  • Sprint Communications Company L.P. et al. v. Merlin International Communications Inc. (2000), 9 C.P.R. (4th) 307 (F.C.T.D.)
  • Toronto.com v. Sinclair (c.o.b. Friendship Enterprises), [2000] F.C.J. No. 795 (F.C.T.D.)
  • Update.Com Software AG v. Klinger (c.o.b. Update Corp.), [2000] O.J. No. 88 (Ont. S.C.J.)
  • Weight Watchers International, Inc. v. Vale Printing Ltd et al., (2000), 7 C.P.R. (4th) 92 (F.C.T.D.)
  • Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership v. Tedmonds & Co. Inc., [2001] O.J. No. 1558 (Ont. S.C.J.)
  • British Columbia Automobile Association v. Office and Professional Employees’ International Union, Local 378, [2001] B.C.J. No. 11 (B.C.S.C.); 2001 BCSC 156
  • Easthaven Ltd. v. Nutrisystem.com Inc., [2001] O.J. No. 3306 (Ont. S.C.J.)
  • Itravel2000.com Inc. (c.o.b. Itravel) v. Fagan, [2001] O.J. No. 943 (Ont. S.C.J.)
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. v. Stargate Connections Inc. (2001), 12 C.P.R. (4th) 115 (Trade-marks Opposition Board)
  • Michael Zurakov v. Register.Com and Forman Interactive Corp., [2001] Supreme Court of the State of New York – New York County
  • Pro-C Ltd. v. Computer City Inc. [2001] O.J. No. 3600
  • Northern Lights Expeditions Ltd. v. Spirit Wind Expeditions Ltd., et al., (2001), 15 C.P.R. (4th) 134 (B.C.S.C.)
  • Saskatoon Star Phoenix Group Inc. v. Noton, [2001] S.J. No. 275 (S.K.Q.B.); 2001 SKQB 153
  • Synchronics Inc. v. Synchronics Ltd. [2001] F.C.J. No. 1400
  • The City of Calgary v. Protec Manufacturing (Alta. Q.B.) (Sept. 18, 2001)
  • Vulcan Northwest Inc. et al. v. Vulcan Ventures Corp. (2001), 12 C.P.R. (4th) 95 (F.C.T.D.)
  • Black v. Molson Canada (2002), 60 O.R. (3d) 457 (Ont. S.C.J.)
  • Canadian Fly-In Fishing (Red Lake) Ltd. v. Lac Seul Airways Ltd. [2002] O.J. No. 1988
  • eGalaxy Multimedia Inc. v. Bailey, [2002] O.J. No. 5002; [2002] O.J. No. 5003 (Ont. S.C.J.)
  • FileNet Corp. v. Canada (Registrar of Trade-marks) [2002] 1 F.C. 266; [2001] F.C.J. No. 1239
  • Law Society of British Columbia v. Canada Domain Name Exchange Corp., [2002] B.C.J. No. 1909 (B.C.S.C.)
  • Rolls-Royce plc v. Fitzwilliam [2002] F.C.J. No. 788
  • 1215757 Ontario Inc. (c.o.b. Saxon Chocolates) v. Zhaadan (c.o.b. Intellware Lab) [2003] O.J. No. 3068
  • Intel Corp. v. 3395383 Canada Inc. [2003] F.C.J. No. 1150
  • ITV Technologies Inc. v. WIC Television Ltd. [2003] F.C.J. No. 1335; [2001] F.C.J. No. 400
  • Uninet Technologies Inc. v. Communication Services Inc. [2003] B.C.J. No. 2562
  • Software Guy Brokers Ltd. v. Hardy [2004] B.C.J. No. 95 (B.C. Sup. Ct.)
     
United States

          

Articles/Texts

Legislation and Dispute Resolution Policies

 

Searchable Databases

 

 

Class 5 - Internet Governance and Regulation

Required Reading

Suggested Reading

Background Materials

            Cases

            Articles/Texts

 

Class 6 - Copyright & the Internet

Required Reading

Suggested Reading

Background Material

            Cases

Canadian Case Law

United States Case Law

  • Whelan Associates, Inc. v. Jaslow Dental Laboratory, Inc., 797 F.2d 1222, 1 CCH Computer Cases, para. 45,015 (U.S.C.A. 3rd Cir., 1986).
  • Computer Associates International Inc. v. Altai, 982 F.2d 693, 3 CCH Computer Cases, para. 46,666 (U.S.C.A. 2nd Cir., 1992).
  • Gates Rubber Company v. Bando Chemical Industries, 9 F.3d 823, [1993] CCH Copyright Law Decisions (U.S.C.A. 10th Cir., 1993).
  • Lotus Development Corporation v. Borland International, 49 F.3d 807, 5 CCH Computer Cases, para. 47,217 (U.S.C.A. 1st Cir., 1995).
  • Lotus Development Corporation v. Borland International, 116 S. Ct. 695, 6 CCH Computer Cases, para. 47,368 (U.S.S.C., 1996).
  • Computer Associates International, Inc. v. Altai, Inc. (2nd Cir. 1992) (BitLaw Website 1996-98).
  • Engineering Dynamics, Inc. v. Structure Software, Inc. (U.S. Ct of Appeal; 5th Cir. July 13, 1994).

Australian Case Law

             Articles/Texts

Legislation

Data & Databases

Required Reading

Suggested Reading

  • David Freeman; "Revising Canadian Database Protection: What Lessons from Europe?"; (2002), 81 Can Bar Rev. 563

Background Materials

Cases

Articles/Texts

  • J.H. Reichman and Pamela Samuelson, "Intellectual Property Rights in Data?", 50 Vanderbilt Law Review 51, 1997.

Class 7 - Commercial Exploitation and Licensing Intellectual Property

Required Reading

Suggested Reading

  • Donald N. Plumley and Dale E. Schlosser, "Review of Selected Clauses of an Intellectual Property Licences", Canadian Intellectual Property Review, Volume 19 at 207.
  • Robert A. Fashler, "Drafting International Intellectual Property License Agreements to Prevent, Manage and Resolve Disputes", Canadian Intellectual Property Review, Volume 19 at 151.
  • E. Richard Gold, "Partial Copyright Assignments: Safeguarding Software Licenses Against Bankruptcy of Licensors", Canadian Business Law Journal, Volume 33 at 193.
  • Alana Maurushat, "Open Source, Open Arms: An Open Ended Question", Canadian Journal of Law and Technology, Volume 1, Issue 2, November 2002 at 39.

Background Materials

Articles

  • Wendy A. Adams and Gabor G.S. Takach, "Insecure Transactions: Deficiencies In the Treatment of Technology Licenses In Commercial Transactions Involving Secured Debt or Bankruptcy", Canadian Business Law Journal, July 2000, Volume 33, No. 3
  • Richard C. Owens & Dale A.J. Dietrich, "Some Questions to Ask when Taking Security against Intellectual Property" (March 1997).

Open Source Software

Additional References

  • "Leveraging Knowledge Assets - Reducing Uncertainty for Security Interests in Intellectual Property", A report to the Law Reform Commission of Canada (2004)
  • George Takach, Contracting for Computers, Second Edition (Toronto: McGraw-Hill, Ryerson, 1992).
  • Barry B. Sookman, Sookman Computer Law: Acquiring and Protecting Information Technology (Toronto: Carswell, 1989).
  • C. Ian Kyer and Mark Fecenko, "Keyer and Fecenko on Computer-Related Agreements: A Practical Guide" 2nd ed., (Markham: Butterworths, 1997).

Legislation

 

Class 8 - Criminal Law and Taxation of the Internet

Criminal Law

Required Reading

Suggested Reading

  • Robert W.K. Davis & Scott C. Hutchinson, Computer Crime in Canada (Toronto: Carswell, 1997)
  • Department of Justice Canada, "Lawful Access Consultation" (This link provides access to the Canadian DOJ paper on proposed direction for changes to the Criminal Code for electronic evidence gathering, partially to bring it into line with various treaty obligations and also provides links to the original 2002 Consultation Paper, a summary of responses and some background materials)
  • Racicot, Hayes, Szibbo and Trudel, "The Cyberspace is not a 'No Law Land'", Industry Canada, February, 1997
  • United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, "Searching and Seizing Computers and Obtaining Electronic Evidence in Criminal Investigations", July, 2002

Background Materials

Cases

Texts/Articles

Censorship on the Net

  • The decision that overturned the indecency provisions of the U.S. Communications Decency Act 1996:

o     American Civil Liberties Union v. Janet Reno, U.S. Attorney General, 929 F.Supp 824 (E.D. Pa. 1996) (Electronic Frontier Foundation website, 1996).

o    Janet Reno, U.S. Attorney General v. American Civil Liberties Union (26 June 1997), (U.S.S.C.) [unreported] (Electronic Frontier Foundation website, 1997).

Gambling on the Net

Software Piracy

Canadian Legislation
  • Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985 Chap. C-46 (excerpts).
  • Bill C-46 from 2003 parliament (An Act to amend the Criminal Code (capital markets fraud and evidence-gathering) including steps towards data preservation orders).
  • Copyright Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-42, s. 42 (criminal provisions). 

 

Taxation of the Internet

Required Reading

  • None

Suggested Reading

Background Material

            Articles/Texts

Legislation

Class 9 - Electronic Commerce, Part 1 (On-Line Contracting)

Required Reading

Suggested Reading

  • Dan Streeter, "Into Contract's Undiscovered Country: A Defense of Browse-Wrap Licenses" 39 San Diego L.Rev.1363 (2002).

Background Materials

Cases

Legislation

 

Class 10 - Electronic Commerce, Part 2 (Consumer Protection, Email and Spam)

Required Reading

Suggested Reading

Articles/Texts

Legislation