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Employment Conditions of Foreign Workers Share Ownership : an Overview Certificate of Intellectual Property Pertaining to Software

This publication was authored by Luc Thibaudeau, former partner of Lavery and now judge in the Civil Division of the Court of Québec, District of Longueuil. The title of this newsletter gives a good summary of the explanatory notes that serve as an introduction to Bill 14, entitled An Act to amend the Charter of the French language, the Charter of human rights and freedoms and other legislative provisions (the “Bill”). The legislator is concerned that English is being used systematically in certain workplaces. The Bill was tabled on December 5, 2012 and the proposed amendments are designed to reaffirm the primacy of French as the official and common language of Quebec.

Quebec tax holidays for foreign researchers The Amazon.com judgment : The patentability of the one-click Distinguish yourself! Online downloading in the sights of american justice

Hyperlinks and defamation: a Judgment that Clarifies the Rules The Myriad Case: Are DNA Molecules Patentable or Not? Lessons Drawn From the Supreme Court's Decision in Masterpiece: Register Your Trade-Marks!

If your trademarks and business names contain letters with accents and you are the owner of domain names linked with them, it is important to familiarize yourself with the following.With a view to offering owners the possibility of registering domain names that comply with French spelling, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (the « CIRA »), the organization that manages the register of .ca domain names in Canada, plans to implement domain names containing characters peculiar to the French language.

On June 20, 2011, in Singapore, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the global co-ordination body for Internet addresses, approved the new program for the thematic extension of gTLDs. This program will certainly lead to significant growth in the number of domain names (gTLDs) on the Internet. This change will affect all owners of trademarks who will have to weigh the pros and cons and opportunities and risks they will face under the new program, which will be officially launched on January 12, 2012.

Technology Licences in the Event of Bankruptcy New Quebec Business Corporations Regime The Shareholder Agreement: The ”Specifications” of the Private Corporation Shareholder

This publication was authored by Luc Thibaudeau, former partner of Lavery and now judge in the Civil Division of the Court of Québec, District of Longueuil. Disclosure Rules Applicable Prior to the Sale of Additionnal Warranties Attornment of Jurisdiction Clause set Aside in Bankruptcy Proceedings What to do When Your Lessee Declares Bankruptcy

SMEs are not Immune from Class-Actions Suits in Competition Law SMEs and Trade-Marks Dividing up Corporate Shares in the Event of Divorce, Separation from bed and Board, or Dissolution of a Civil Union

Breakdown in Negotiations: the Binding Effect of a Letter of Intent Providing Card Transactions Security: Your Responsibility Certificate of Intellectual Property Pertaining to Software

Financing and intellectual property — maximizing financing options through intellectual property assets The material adverse change clause: a strong tool Lawsuits against corporate directors: it doesn’t just happen to others!