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Author: Ainsley Brown

Ainsley Brown is currently working as the Director of Trade, Regulatory, Analysis & Policy for the Jamaica Special Economic Zone Authority (JSEZA) and is called to the Bar of Upper Canada (Ontario), Canada. His primary role is to provide technical advice on regulatory matters and trade matters to the CEO and team at JSEZA. He holds a LLM in International Commercial Law (with Merit) from the University of Westminster, having earned a diploma in law from London Metropolitan University and a BA (Hons) in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario. Ainsley is the Administrator of Commercial Law International and has an avid interest in logistics, global value chains; economic development; trade; commercial awareness; green energy; rugby; etc.

Canada Ranked #1 Place To Do Business By Forbes in 2011 but what about 2012?

March 28, 2012 Ainsley Brown Leave a comment

Canada with its $1.6 trillion economy ranks the 9th largest in the world in fact moved up from its 4th place showing to grab the number one spot – no mean feat given the economic climate and the stiff competition out there. One factor that helped Canada move up was the ability of its major banks and financial system to weather the global financial meltdown. The stability of the Canadian financial system comes as no accident but is the result of some very prudent and stringent regulations making the financial houses in Canada conservative by nature.

Commercial Awareness, Economy

The case of Luis Vuitton and the responsibilities of server owners to protect copyright and trademark rights

March 20, 2012 Ainsley Brown Leave a comment

The decision highlights the responsibility of server providers to regulate their usage and make sure that any usage which breaches copyright or trademark rights must be dealt with or they can be held liable for any breach of copyright or trademark law. Owners of servers must be extremely vigilant of the activities of the users of its servers.

Consumer Goods, Consumer Protection, E-Commerce, Intellectual Property, Litigation

Beer Wars: Battle Of The Buds, The UK Front

February 23, 2012 Ainsley Brown Leave a comment

The long and short of it is that this latest ruling is the latest chapter in a multi-volume epic battle. It is a story about a 100 year war, a cross border beer war, over a name. Yes, that’s what I said a name. From a business perspective it’s all about fiercely defending the brand and marketing of beer and beer related products under that brand. From a legal perspective it is a global trademark war.

Brand Management, Commercial Awareness, Food & Beverage, Intellectual Property, Litigation

Richard Branson’s business lessons

December 10, 2011 Ainsley Brown One comment

Call it an occupational hazard of being a lawyer or just a natural thrust for knowledge, call it what you will, I read a lot. While on business in Jamaica I was perusing a local daily newspaper, The Daily Observer, and I came across a piece about Sir Richard Branson that I just had to share with the readers of

Commercial Awareness, Entrepreneurial

Hooters and Twin Peaks, what’s the difference

October 4, 2011 Ainsley Brown Leave a comment

In what has been deemed by some commentators as the battle of the breastaurants, for all the obvious reasons, the suit is actually between Hooters and one of its former executives whom it accuses of taking its trade secrets before his departure. Double entendres aside trade secrets and the alleged taking of them are no joke. Trade secrets are the life blood of a company as they represent a major if not the sum total of a business’s competitive advantage.

Brand Management, Competition, Litigation

Kenya Trending on Twitter

September 27, 2011 Ainsley Brown Leave a comment

By Kamau Wanguhu Ardent twitterzens will have noticed in the past two days two distinct Kenyan topics that have been trending: firstly the passing on of Prof Wangari Maaathai a Nobel peace prize winner, great conservationist and former Member of Parliament. Secondly has been #Things stronger than the Kenyan shilling, a tongue in cheek commentary on the tanking of the Kenyan

Banking, Commercial Awareness, commodity, Competition, Consumer Protection, Money Market

Remittances from abroad and Brain drain

August 24, 2011 Ainsley Brown Leave a comment

As opposed to foreign aid; laden with conditions and accessed through bureaucratic channels, remittances have an immediate effect in the standard of living of the recipient and the immediate family.

But before Kenya starts to view immigration as one of its major exports it has to be considered that sectors losing personnel include the health industry which has a direct impact on the health of the nation

Commercial Awareness, Economy, Government Policy, Immigration, Investment

EU Proposes New Hacking Reporting Rules

July 4, 2011 Ainsley Brown Leave a comment

The proposed legislation is clearly linked to the massive data security breach at Sony. Or better put Sony’s very slow response in announcing that its over 70 million PlayStation users personal data was placed in danger as a result of hacking.

Consumer Protection, E-Commerce, EU, Internet Privacy/Security, Legal Reform, Legislative Process, Regulation

Beware the cookie-a review of privacy law

June 12, 2011 Ainsley Brown Leave a comment

The rules on cookies and ecommerce in the UK changed at the end of May. This is largely due to a 2009 EU Privacy directive which reviewed privacy law. The change is intended to give individuals more of a say over what information is held on them. One way in which information is held is through cookies, small text files which hold information on visitors to websites

Commercial, E-Commerce, EU, Internet Privacy/Security

The google case: The fear of tracking

May 23, 2011 Ainsley Brown Leave a comment

By Emma Peart Google have faced criticism through suggestions it has held data on users without their knowledge. Brown et al v. Google involves individuals using Google’s mobile phone technology who are bringing an action against Google for storing information on users through this technology without consent. Mobiles using the Google Android Operating System are recording and storing comprehensive details

Commercial Awareness, E-Commerce, Human Rights, Telecommunications

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