A former Royal Bank of Canada teller who claimed the bank’s artificial intelligence research institute grew out of his 2015 emails suggesting the branch play promotional messages between songs on …
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Ontario worker who quit over IP clause in new contract must detail wage claims
A self-represented worker who says he resigned after his employer proposed a contract requiring him to hand over all his intellectual property has been ordered to provide more detail about …
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Federal Court tosses tech worker’s employee’s wrongful dismissal and copyright claim
A former employee of a software company has had her Federal Court claim thrown out after a judge found the court had no jurisdiction over her wrongful dismissal allegations and …
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Worker who built rival software on his own time can keep copyright, Ontario’s top court rules
A senior software developer who secretly built a competing product while employed at a London, Ont., tech company kept copyright in that software because he developed it outside his assigned …
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A court has ruled that a software developer did not create his competing emissions-monitoring program in the course of his employment — dealing a setback to his former employer, Nexus …
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Alberta court grants injunction to stop former employees, directors of SHAC Solutions from starting rival company
In a significant legal battle involving trade secrets and fiduciary duties, the Alberta Court of King’s Bench has granted an interlocutory injunction against former employees and directors of SHAC Sol… …