The U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization has ruled that Jeff Burgar of High Prairie, Alberta had no legitimate right to the name and ordered that rights be transferred to Dion. Burgar had argued that he was only using the site as a fan club for the singer and not for any commercial gain. A new report estimates that Canadian spending on data and Internet services will climb 33 per cent over the next two years. The competition is open to all post-secondary school students in Canada. The Canadian New Media Awards would not be possible without the support of its Gold sponsors, which include Mandrake and the Ontario Media Development Corporation.
Mandrake is one of Canada's foremost executive search firms.
Practice areas include Marketing, Sales, Marcom, Creative Services, Finance, Retail, Healthcare, Government Services, Associations, Law, Transportation, Information Technology, and Interactive and Emerging Technologies. Visit the Mandrake Web site to learn more about their services. In addition to fostering partnerships, the new agency will seek to address the distinct challenges each of the cultural industries faces in domestic and international marketplaces. For more information about the OMDC, please visit their Web site. The other day I was talking to the folks who are organizing this year's Canadian New Media Awards.