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Privacy between Private Parties and the Disclosure of Information
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. Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Communications, Privacy
Tagged Communications, disclosure, ethics, PIPA, PIPEDA, Privacy
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IP Litigation as a(n Illegal) Business Model
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. Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Intellectual Property
Tagged ethics, Intellectual Property, patent troll
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How to save a drowning business
In a state of economic decline – the cold water – companies will shed their appendages to keep whatever oxygen remains for the vital organs. Like the human body, this results in drowning, as without those extremities, the company can no longer manoeuver in the water. Unlike the human body, this relfex is not hard to reprogram. By trimming the oxygen needs of the vital organs, the extremities can be kept functioning until the water warms. Continue reading
Posted in Business, Info Dynamics Intelligence
Tagged Business, corporate vision, equity, ethics, Info Dynamics Intelligence
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Shysters be Gone, part III
In part II, I identified two types of antisocial behaviour which we attempt to prevent, restrain, correct, punish, etc., with law: “those which harm the integrity of society, potentially leading to its collapse; and those which alter the dynamic of … Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Legal Explorations
Tagged Business, contract, ethics, lex mercatoria, mercantile law, positive duty, shysters be gone
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Shysters be Gone! part II
We ended the first post in this series with the question, “Whence comes the ethical imperative, ‘Don’t be a Shyster!’?” Now we will get into it: I would like to draw an ephemeral line between moral and ethical laws – … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, contract, ethics, lex mercatoria, mercantile law, positive duty, shysters be gone
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Shysters be Gone! part I
Contract law has, at its core, the ethical imperative, “Don’t be a Shyster!” We impose a lot of positive duties with law in a complex “evolved” society. These are the things we tell people they are expected to do, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, contract, ethics, lex mercatoria, mercantile law, positive duty, shysters be gone
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