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		<title>September Changes to Estates Practice: Enduring Powers of Attorney and Representation Agreements</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 07:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Costin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The revised structure of the law is this:

To grant full health care authority, but only health care authority, a s.9 representation agreement will be the appropriate document, and it will be much simpler than the previous version. 

To grant full financial affairs authority that will continue notwithstanding a loss of capacity by the donor, a new enduring power of attorney, complete with the new protections and responsibilities, will be the appropriate document. 

These two documents separate health care and financial matters in a manner that makes practical sense:  the s.9 representation agreement will be read by a health care practitioner; the enduring power of attorney will be read by a financial worker. <a href="http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/wills-and-estates/september-changes-to-estates-practice-enduring-powers-of-attorney-and-representation-agreements/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Patent Assignment: Distinguishing Trolls from Legitimate Assignees, Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Gornall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Information Technology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/?p=378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My colleague, Ben Gornall, Patent and Trademark Consultant, has continued our earlier discussion.  My initial post was &#8220;IP Litigation as a(n Illegal) Business Model&#8220;, to which Ben commented here.  I replied with &#8220;Patent Assignment: Trolling the Gap between Potential and &#8230; <a href="http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/intellectual-property/patent-assignment-distinguishing-trolls-from-legitimate-assignees-part-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Patent Assignment: Distinguishing Trolls from Legitimate Assignees, Part 1</title>
		<link>http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/intellectual-property/patent-assignment-distinguishing-trolls-from-legitimate-assignees-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Gornall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/?p=375</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My colleague, Ben Gornall, Patent and Trademark Consultant, has continued our earlier discussion.  My initial post was &#8220;IP Litigation as a(n Illegal) Business Model&#8220;, to which Ben commented here.  I replied with &#8220;Patent Assignment: Trolling the Gap between Potential and &#8230; <a href="http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/intellectual-property/patent-assignment-distinguishing-trolls-from-legitimate-assignees-part-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Patent Assignment:  Trolling the Gap between Potential and Actual Usefulness</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 23:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Costin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Information Technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many of the would-be defendants simply negotiate the licence - not a one-time settlement but an ongoing licence (perhaps under duress?) - to avoid the more costly lawsuit, even though they have no intention of using the patented matter any further?
Here we come to the difference between potential usefulness, which speculation underlies the granting of the patent, and actual usefulness, evidence of which underlies the infringement lawsuit. <a href="http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/intellectual-property/patent-assignment-trolling-the-gap-between-potential-and-actual-usefulness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Privacy between Private Parties and the Disclosure of Information</title>
		<link>http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/privacy/privacy-between-private-parties-and-the-disclosure-of-information/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Costin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Law]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/?p=363</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Privacy law in Canada between private parties is biased toward the protection of privacy rather than the protection of free enterprise. ... In Canada, and specifically in British Columbia, an individual’s personal information may be considered forever to be bonded to that individual. <a href="http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/privacy/privacy-between-private-parties-and-the-disclosure-of-information/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>IP Litigation as a(n Illegal) Business Model</title>
		<link>http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/intellectual-property/ip-litigation-as-an-illegal-business-model/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 07:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Costin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intellectual Property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/?p=355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The difference between a law firm that makes its money by suing on behalf of it clients and a patent trolling business is this:  A law firm is an association of professionals who represent injured parties; a patent troll acquires the right to injury and injury damages without having been injured. <a href="http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/intellectual-property/ip-litigation-as-an-illegal-business-model/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Music for a Pound, or a Pound of Flesh?</title>
		<link>http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/intellectual-property/music-for-a-pound-or-a-pound-of-flesh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 05:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Costin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[KISS]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/?p=343</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Music not shared is music not heard, and a band not shared basks only in obscurity.  Gene Simmons regrets not having been more vigilant in his marshaling of the RIAA cavalry back in 2007.  A fundamental question is how to monetize an industrialized art form without creating an artificial scarcity that undermines the cultural popularity on which that art form is dependent.  Ars Technica has an article this week highlighting the competing views on how to monetize music in the absence of natural scarcity. <a href="http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/intellectual-property/music-for-a-pound-or-a-pound-of-flesh/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers and iPhones (and iPads) Shouldn’t Mix</title>
		<link>http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/privacy/lawyers-and-iphones-and-ipads-shouldnt-mix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 05:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Costin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communications]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/?p=330</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“A lawyer shall not disclose … having been consulted or retained by a person…” ... The question that remains for me is whether, in light of the iOS4 privacy policy, lawyers should avoid even carrying unsecured electronic devices that allow questionable access to information by undisclosed third-party app providers. ... You don’t need a person’s name to identify them, nor any unique piece of data.  What you need is a unique combination of non-unique pieces of data. <a href="http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/privacy/lawyers-and-iphones-and-ipads-shouldnt-mix/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>RoB Magazine declares victory on the Smartphone Plains of Abraham</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Costin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RoB Magazine has declared Apple the victor over Research in Motion in a presumed battle between Cupertino and Waterloo for the smartphone Plains of Abraham. ... I understand that for an investor, the likely more profitable performer in the short term is an important determination; but to pronounce the industry a zero-sum game is foolish. That said, the author raises an important point that if followed in combination with RIM’s existing advantages could shoot it back up to leading Apple around a marketplace of its own design. <a href="http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/communications/rob-magazine-declares-victory-on-the-smartphone-plains-of-abraham/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Research in Motion’s Opportunity to Promulgate Freedom</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Costin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several countries, none of which is a finalist in the Freedom to the People sweepstakes, are considering blackballing the BlackBerry for being too secure... The better route for BlackBerry is to work with these governments to reshape their privacy policies in favour of citizen rights. <a href="http://weblawg.costinmedia.com/wp/communications/research-in-motions-opportunity-to-promulgate-freedom/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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