Index

• Author: George Takach
• Profession: Adjunct Professor
• Pages: 741-756

Access to Information Act

equivalent of U.S. “Freedom of

Information” laws, 325

generally, 325

override of copyright in U.S., 326n

Act Respecting the Protection of Per-

sonal Information in the Private

Sector (Quebec), 327

Amazon.com

“1-click” patent, 138n

Canada’s book retail or ownership

policy, 385n

new business model, 63n

Anonymity

and the Internet, 305n

Internet libel, 643

law to prohibit, 310

right to, 310n

smart cards, 409

Anticircumvention, see Digital Rights

Management

Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection

Act (U.S.), 187

Anti-Terrorism Act, 2001, 296n

Antitrust, see Competition Law

Anton Piller Order

described, 134, 188n

Arbitration

CIRA domain name dispute

resolution process, 195n

contrasted with class action

proceedings, 570

contrasted with regular court

procedure, 132

EDI claims, 561

UDRP domain name dispute

resolution process, 189

Artificial Intelligence, see Expert systems

B2B, 62n

B2B exchanges

as new business model, 62n

competition law, 442

Banking

electronic negotiable instrument,

536n

electronic payment systems, 407

Internet banking, 407

money laundering, 46n, 408, 655

smart cards, 407n

Bankruptcy

impact on software licences, 423

source code escrow, 482

whether computer a necessity in a

personal bankruptcy, 66n

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act,see Bank-

ruptcy

Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (U.S.),

see Bankruptcy

Barlow, John Perry

views on copyright law, 163

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views on encryption, 364n

views on regulating the Internet, 396

Berne Convention

described, 124

software, 145

Bible

authenticating transactions, 541n

fishes and loaves parable, 77

Biometrics

generally, 549–50n

Ontario’s e-commerce law, 537

Biotechnology

Harvard mouse case, 140

patents, 144n

trade secrets, 87n

Breach of Confidence, see also Trade

secrets

and privacy, 312

doctrine described, 84

Broadcasting

book retailer ownership policy, 385n

Canadian content, 377

constitutional jurisdiction, 380, 382

convergence, 371, 386

CRTC New Media decision, 170

CRTC regulation of the Internet, 369

history, 26

regulation of, 367

regulations against hate speech, 261n

video-on-demand, 379, 389

Broadcasting Act,see also Broadcasting

generally, 372

policy objectives, 373

Business Corporations Act (Canada)

electronic notices, 406

electronic share registers, 612

Business Method Patents, see Software

patents

Business Practices Act (Ontario), 409

Business Software Alliance, see Software

piracy

Caching

DMCA, 167

Tariff 22 decision, 173n

Canadian Alliance Against Software

Theft, see Software piracy

Canadian Human Rights Act, 264

Canadian National Policy 11-201, 400,

535n

CDRP, see Cybersquatting

Child Online Protection Act (U.S.), 259

Child Pornography, see Pornography

Child Pornography Protection Act (U.S.),

259

Chip Protection Law

contrasted with patents and copy-

right, 107

Integrated Circuit Topography Act, 107

reciprocal international protection,

124

Chips, see also Chip Protection Law

defects in, 68n

described, 19

Moore’s Law, 19n, 21n

theft and counterfeiting, 211n

CIRA

described, 180n

Civil Code (Quebec)

libel, 622n

Class Actions

contrasted with arbitration, 570

digital rights, 452

misleading advertising, 433n

Click-Consent Agreements

for software, 450

for web sites, 565

rationale for, 65

Communications Decency Act (U.S.), 258

Competition Act (Canada), see Competi-

tion Law

Competition Law

abuse of dominant position, 435

B2B exchanges, 442

bid rigging, 430

Competition Bureau, 433

Competition Tribunal, 435

computer networks, 436

conspiracy, 429

contests, 670

coordination of international

enforcement, 428

e-mail admissions in Microsoft case,

613n

“essential facility” intellectual prop-

erty, 437n

exclusive dealing, 438, 439

generally, 427

independent service organizations,

438

interface between intellectual

property and competition

laws, 428, 429

market restriction, 438

merger provisions, 441

Microsoft antitrust litigation, 428n

misleading advertising, 433

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