Intellectual Property Law

Some Recent Decisions of Note on Fast Track Disparity and Unconstitutionality of Gun Possession Laws
Fast Track Disparity As explained by Judge Sweet in United States v. Paulino-Melende, 08 cr 176 (RWS), 2008 WL 4553148 (S.D.N.Y. October 8, 2008), fast-track disparity is created by the existence in some districts but not others of a ?fast....

Canada Tells Why It Voted No on OOXML and How ISO Must Improve
Canada has its public statement announcing its OOXML vote and why it voted Disapprove with Comments: ISO/IEC DIS 29500 standard, Information Technology - Office Open XML file formats, Fast Track approved Date: 2008-04-02 Following the ballot resolution meeting (BRM) held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 25-29 February 2008, the international standard ISO/IEC DIS 29500, Information technology - Office Open XML file formats has achieved the required number of votes for approval as an international standard...

CANADA UPS THE ANTE ON COMPETITION FOR BRIGHTEST STUDENTS
Following Europe's lead, Canada is instituting a fast track policy to make it easier and faster for foreign students to get permanent status. Congress, are you awake?

The Status of Fast Track Regulations
"DOJ reopens public comment on fast-track death penalty habeas procedures," is Marcia Coyle's web-only report for National Law Journal, today.After issuing a final rule in December on how states could opt into fast-track death penalty habeas procedures in federal courts,...

AEDPA Fast Track Regs
Marcia Coyle reports in NLJ that the Department of Justice plans to finalize, before the end of the current administration, the regulations for approving states for the long-delayed fast-track for capital habeas cases under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty...

The latest briefing on fast-track disparity after Kimbrough
One of the most interesting and dynamic post-Booker issues still percolating in the lower courts concerns whether defendants who are not within so-called "fast-track" districts should be eligible for comparable early plea sentence reductions when their cases are factually similar...

Slim-Fast Recalled in US
Slim-Fast recalled in US

Sears, Roebuck & Co.
alleging the company’s web site used spyware to track customers Internet use.

Honda Issues Massive Recalls in US and Canada
Honda Issues Massive Recalls in US and Canada

Pms-Phenobarbital 60 Mg
Health Canada Issues Recall

Ezetrol, Canada
allegedly can cause heart attack or stroke in patients using it.

Nissan Canada Inc.
allegedly manufacturing defective odometers.