Essilor/Clearly Injunction Update
Sent by the COOptometrists today.
Dear Members, |
I am pleased to update you that the application to seek an injunction preventing Essilor/Clearly from unlawfully dispensing prescription eyewear over the internet was successful. The College of Optometrists and the College of Opticians jointly filed the application in December 2016 and the matter was heard October 11, 2017. Justice Lederer delivered his decision January 11, 2018 in favour of the two regulatory colleges. |
Although we are still reviewing the decision in detail, we are pleased that the court has agreed with the position of the colleges on the questions we brought forward. The two colleges are motivated by, and required by legislation to maintain, patient safety and the public interest. It is possible that the company may appeal the decision – that is their option. If the company does appeal, the colleges will continue to defend the public interest in court. |
The colleges believe that the internet can be an effective tool for the provision of vision care, however the dispensing of corrective lenses is a controlled act, subject to Ontario legislation, that definitively requires a regulated health professional’s involvement. Mail order over the internet without the involvement of an optometrist or optician is inconsistent with legislation. |
The role of the colleges is to regulate the practice of optometry and opticianry to maintain and enhance public safety. The colleges do not have any bias in the dispensing of corrective lenses, or where those lenses are dispensed, as long as legislation and regulations are respected and standards are met. |
Regards,
Dr. Paula Garshowitz
Registrar |
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acesrwylde
I helped Beta test this system when they were developing it at framesdirect, it is highly accurate. We ran hundreds of PDs through this system and were usually within 1 mm from actual measured. You should see the things they were doing with seg heights as well.
P.s. I no longer work there, so please don't hate me
.............................you are now a converted sinner and we love you for it.
This is terrifying to me - if the seg heights and PD are accurate ...................
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Trina
This is terrifying to me - if the seg heights and PD are accurate, then that's a huge percentage of people who will be happy with their online purchase.
To bad you are not located in Ontario were they are now prohibited from selling online.
However I can not figure how they will enforce that judgement.
Essilor hit with online ban ..............................
Essilor hit with online ban
Author: Luke Haynes
Published: 19/01/20182
Essilor Canada and its retail portal Clearly have been banned from ‘unlawfully dispensing’ prescription eyewear on the internet in Ontario after two of the country’s regulatory establishments, the College of Optometrists and the College of Opticians,successfully applied for an injunction.
The regulatory colleges filed for the injunction in December 2016 and the matter was heard in October 2017, with a verdict reached last week.
In a statement, the Colleges said: ‘We believe the internet can be an effective tool for the provision of vision care, however, the dispensing of corrective lenses is a controlled act, subject to Ontario legislation, that definitely requires a regulated health professional’s involvement. Mail order over the internet without the involvement of an optometrist or optician is inconsistent with legislation.’
source:
https://www.opticianonline.net/news/...ith-online-ban
example of how the offending parties websites might all be banned....................
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idispense
Did the judge, in his/her ruling give an example of how the offending parties websites might all be banned on a world wide basis by GOOGLE ? Why wasn’t done many years ago? When did it first came to light ?
As far as I can see, the judge in this case has no authority over the internet whatsoever, neither has Google who lists more of the better sites than others, while they can punish somebody, by not listing them for one reason or another.
It takes a lot of work and effort to get ranked into the top of Google ranking, and stay there.
A successful website is not judged by its content, if it is not offending, but by the visitors they are getting. Pure mathematics and publicity.
Whatever the judge decided, there are higher courts ..............................
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idispense
Read the judges decision then, you might be quite surprised.
Whatever the judge decided, there are higher courts if you have enough cash for the lawyers and judges......................and you also can starve the colleges of ODs and Opticians of cash, you have heavily supported for the last 30 years.
We have just entered the last or second last month before the decision falls on the biggest optical merger ever.
Do you still see any privately owned gas stations on each side of the Atlantic or around the Mediterranean ? They have all been gobbled up by the big oil companies. The trend of globalisation is well under way for a while and in a well prepared manner.
I would never have dreamed of it when I picked up the big chief of the then "ESSEL" with his wife, in the New York harbor in 1964 who arrived on the newest liner "France" staying in the presidential suite during the trip and then drove them to Montreal through the Adirondacks on the old highway.
These days everything is done many times faster and the world is more progressive in everything, and in commerce is ruthless and fast. Independents are being replaced by monster companies.
no one read what the judge suggested for banning their web sites.....................
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idispense
Sounds like no one read the judgement reasons and no one read what the judge suggested for banning their web sites through google world wide.
I would like to learn how you can ban a website through Google. The internet as far as I learned has been launched and operated by the USA since its existence.
Google does not have the power to prohibit a website from publishing the information they want out on the internet, nor close it down.
All Google could do is to stop to hand out all and any information on a website.
you just hit the nail on its head again ! ................................
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Originally Posted by
Lab Insight
It's highly unlikely to occur - the appeal has already been filed and one of two things will happen next:
1. Their lawyers will simply now wither down the two colleges until they tap out or get choked out. 'Clearly' will continue to operate just as they are right now during the appeal process. Or,
2. They will reach an out of court settlement where a substantial amount of funds will be given (donated) to the colleges to shut up and go away quietly - aka hush money.
Lab Insight..............you just hit the nail on its head again !