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March 1st, 2023

Are municipalities entitled to levy property taxes on data centre equipment?

This article appeared in French in the March 2023 issue of the Journal des Parcs industriels published by the Corporation des parcs industriels du Québec. Quebec has proven a highly attractive location for data centres,1 but a recent Quebec Court of Appeal decision adds a caveat: certain equipment and infrastructure can be deemed to increase an […]
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February 27th, 2023

Hermès wins first round in NFT intellectual property battle

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has rendered an eagerly awaited decision on the use of a trademark in the virtual world of non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”). This landmark ruling is likely to be the first of many. Both this decision and future rulings will be of particular interest to trademark […]