Author: Barry Sookman

Generative AI: my keynote speech on the challenges and legal issues at ITechLawGenerative AI: my keynote speech on the challenges and legal issues at ITechLaw

May 28, 2023 Barry Sookman 0 Comments

I was delighted to have had the opportunity to discuss the challenges and legal issues associated with generative AI at the 2023 World Technology Law Conference in Toronto. I gave the keynote speech which was followed by presentations showing various uses of generative AI by Kritika Bharadwaj (Day Pitney LLP, United States), Matt Hervey (Gowling WLG, United Kingdom), Ideshini Naidoo (Thomson Reuters, Canada), and Stephen Henderson (Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, Canada).

The ITechLaw Association meeting had two other good sessions on generative AI.…

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-05-27Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-05-27

May 28, 2023 Barry Sookman 0 Comments

https://t.co/1GWJzFH4DT 2023-05-21
ACE Takes Down Spain’s Largest Piracy Service – Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment https://t.co/jRFmu18F5q 2023-05-21
US Copyright Office Guidance on Royalty Eligibility of Musical Works Generated Using AI | Insights https://t.co/OCjDRXBu9f 2023-05-22
High Court highlights important distinction between policy and legislation, holding exemption to UK GDPR unlawful https://t.co/ng1VQmP7iP 2023-05-22
Agile vs. Waterfall: choosing the right approach for your CLM platform implementation https://t.co/NxzkaNOvM2 2023-05-22
EU hits Meta with record €1.2B privacy fine https://t.co/pnBv6bNcP1 2023-05-22
Google loses Quebec court case over defamatory posts in search results | Financial Post https://t.co/DP10b9N3Xd

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-05-20Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-05-20

May 21, 2023 Barry Sookman 0 Comments

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-05-13 https://t.co/qyFkCSK7uP 2023-05-14
What Gives You Hope Keeps You Fighting https://t.co/ef8iAcmmOf 2023-05-14
Contracting for tech under the AI provisions of CPPA, AIDA and Law 25 https://t.co/FfzYCPkcn6 2023-05-14
Here to Stay: Ontario Court of Appeal upholds referral to arbitration and clarifies stay analysis | McCarthy Tétrau… https://t.co/y56U8oxdcF 2023-05-14
AI makes non-invasive mind-reading possible by turning thoughts into text | Artificial intelligence (AI) https://t.co/MGtfcHjbqy 2023-05-14
PCAST Working Group on Generative AI Invites Public Input | PCAST | The White House https://t.co/B76LJwojIs

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Contracting for tech under the AI provisions of CPPA, AIDA and Law 25Contracting for tech under the AI provisions of CPPA, AIDA and Law 25

May 14, 2023 Barry Sookman 0 Comments

I had the pleasure to speak at the McCarthy Tetrault AI Summit along with my colleague Mike Scherman. The AI summit was attended by over 1,000 McCarthy Clients eager to hear about AI legal and regulation issues.

Mike and I spoke on the topic of Contracting for tech under the AI provisions of CPPA, AIDA and Law 25. We stressed the importance of including present and future AI regulatory issues in the tech contracting process.

Our slides can be accessed below.…

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-05-13Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-05-13

May 14, 2023 Barry Sookman 0 Comments

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-05-06 https://t.co/Qqwz78cfaZ 2023-05-07
AI needs superintelligent regulation | Financial Times https://t.co/fDIXxPGQ43 2023-05-07
AI investigated in UK over fears of domination – BBC News https://t.co/wcXBprx5lU 2023-05-07
California Seeks to Be First to Regulate Business Use of AI https://t.co/YSmNFOCEei 2023-05-07
'We Shouldn't Regulate AI Until We See Meaningful Harm': Microsoft Economist to WEF https://t.co/ssYtpNDMwG 2023-05-07
Top Google engineer admits tech giant is falling behind in the A.I. arms race | Fortune https://t.co/2cULACNBNX 2023-05-07
Big Tech lobbying on AI regulation as industry races to harness ChatGPT popularity https://t.co/bhE7F5s3Xh

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-05-06Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-05-06

May 7, 2023 Barry Sookman 0 Comments

Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-04-29 https://t.co/ztZ210gYgp 2023-04-30
https://t.co/GXvDbYdQDo 2023-04-30
Advancing Cooperative AI Governance at the 2023 G7 Summit https://t.co/Znx1Iu89aR 2023-04-30
Federal Agencies Release Joint Statement on AI https://t.co/gECrL4ALyP 2023-05-01
Generative AI: what could the future hold for IP and training data in the UK? https://t.co/QfP4PDpK9j 2023-05-01
Google liable for $500,000 in damages for not delisting defamatory information: A.B. v Google https://t.co/BkLVhlDs9a 2023-05-01
Harris Bricken Blog: Domestic and Foreign Legal News for Businesses https://t.co/BJ3odhcOA9 2023-05-02
Deep learning pioneer Geoffrey Hinton quits Google https://t.co/WfRPhXRl4O

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ALAI CANADA – ANNUAL MID-YEAR REVIEW OF CANADIAN COPYRIGHT LAW DEVELOPMENTSALAI CANADA – ANNUAL MID-YEAR REVIEW OF CANADIAN COPYRIGHT LAW DEVELOPMENTS

May 4, 2023 Barry Sookman 0 Comments

I was very pleased to give a presentation to ALAI Canada on developments in Canadian copyright law (from May 2022-May 2023). Last year’s Annual Copyright Review can be accessed here.

These were the cases I talked about.

IMS Incorporated v. Toronto Regional Real Estate Board, 2023 FCA 70
Audax Architecture Inc. v. McCuaig, 2022 FC 1747
Whitehall Entertainment Incorporated v. Kafka Pictures Inc., 2022 BCPC 184
Fox Restaurant Concepts LLC v. 43 North Restaurant Group Inc., 2022 FC 1149
Tremblay v.…

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Google liable for $500,000 in damages for not delisting defamatory information: A.B. v GoogleGoogle liable for $500,000 in damages for not delisting defamatory information: A.B. v Google

May 1, 2023 Barry Sookman 0 Comments

In what has become a series of worldwide struggles against Google by persons whose reputations have been ruined by defamatory posts which Google refuses to de-list from its search engines, a Quebec man was awarded $500,000 in moral damages and a de-listing injunction against Google for breach of his rights under the Quebec Civil Code. The battle which started approximately 16 years ago and which ended after more than 6 years of litigation is reported in the case, A.B. c. Google, 2023 QCCS 1167.…

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-04-29Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-04-29

April 30, 2023 Barry Sookman 0 Comments

Federal Court sides with Facebook in privacy case tied to Cambridge Analytica affair | CBC News https://t.co/k4jjD6p6Gb 2023-04-23
Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-04-22 https://t.co/LSFZOdDKby 2023-04-23
https://t.co/FybMzUzZYi 2023-04-23
Navigating Copyright Risks in Generative AI https://t.co/l51jdZDUGn 2023-04-24
USPTO is holding public listening sessions on AI inventorship for patents https://t.co/RvnNPrzM9i 2023-04-24
https://t.co/QGNxiNIG7v 2023-04-24
ICO Response to UK Government White Paper on AI Regulation https://t.co/n5KkJOkaU4 2023-04-24
OSFI publishes Third-Party Risk Management Guideline https://t.co/s5XaYwRNdT 2023-04-24
Bill C-27 was voted on at second reading today in the House of Commons and was referred to the INDU Committee 2023-04-24
Maritime Industry Hit by Yet Another Swell of Cyberattacks https://t.co/3MRejvWF9q

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Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-04-22Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-04-22

April 23, 2023 Barry Sookman 0 Comments

5 questions for Microsoft's Natasha Crampton https://t.co/qVVp9OqtYR 2023-04-16
UK watchdog warns chatbot developers over data protection laws | Chatbots | The Guardian https://t.co/cBEL4uYuPh 2023-04-16
UK rules out new AI regulator – BBC News https://t.co/IHUmCJSJoD 2023-04-16
Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2023-04-15 https://t.co/8YAajvUFBw 2023-04-16
Nexon Sues Dark And Darker Devs For "Copyright Infringement", Demands Jury Trial https://t.co/w3yax0iCEL 2023-04-16
Opinion: Giving Canadians the ‘right to repair’ empowers consumers, supports competition and benefits the environme… https://t.co/C2vSV00Ng3 2023-04-16
What Counts As One Work When Calculating Infringement Damages?