What started as a run-of-the-mill contract dispute in rural Canada has yielded a unique legal precedent for the internet age: An emoji constitutes a legally binding contract.

Be careful before you casually dash off another thumbs-up emoji: A Canadian court has found that the ubiquitous symbol can affirm that a person is officially entering into a contract.

A Canadian farmer has been ordered to pay more than C$82,000 ($61,784) in damages over an emoji confusion that a Saskatchewan judge resolved by ruling that a thumbs-up image is enough to accept ...

Sending a thumbs-up emoji as a response could be considered an agreement to a legally binding contract, a judge in Saskatchewan, Canada, has ruled.

OTTAWA-A Canadian farmer has been ordered to pay more than C$82,000 (S$83,000) in damages over an emoji confusion that a Saskatchewan judge resolved by ruling that a thumbs-up image is enough to ...

A Canadian judge has ruled that the popular “thumbs-up” emoji not only can be used as a contract agreement, but is just as valid as an actual signature. The Saskatchewan-based judge made the ...

Using emojis at work can lead to some misunderstandings, but you may want to be extra careful with that thumbs-up. A Canadian judge has ruled that the emoji is proof of a contractual agreement ...

The judge rules that a thumbs-up emoji the farmer sent in response to a photo of a contract was enough to agree to its terms.

A Canadian judge ruled in a case last month that a thumbs up emoji counts as a much as a valid signature for agreeing to a legal contract.

A judge in Canada has ruled that the “thumbs-up” emoji is an official form of a contract agreement and has cost a farmer C$82,000. As reported by The Guardian, the thumbs up emoji has been ...

“This case won’t definitively resolve what a thumbs-up emoji means, but it does remind people that using the thumbs-up emoji can have serious legal consequences.” ERIC GOLDMAN, of the High ...

Be careful before you casually dash off another thumbs-up emoji: A Canadian court has found that the ubiquitous symbol can affirm that a person is officially entering into a contract. The ruling po… ...