Friday, April 26, 2013

Update on Memoranda in Warman and National Post v. Fournier & copyright in headlines, limitation periods, etc.

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On March 14, 2013 I wrote about the appeal in Warman & Nationa l Post v. Fournier , and in particular about the National Post’s effor...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Moral Rights in the USA - "Frankly, My Dear, I Don''t Give a Damn" v. "Tomorrow Is Another Day"

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For better or worse, Clark Gable seems to sum it up very well for the US attitude towards moral rights. Mira Rajan - after a lo...
Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Access Copyright v. York University - Statement of Claim including Schedule "B"

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Here is Access Copyright’s Statement of Claim against York University . There are three schedules including the Interim tariff approve...
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Monday, April 08, 2013

Access Copyright Thrashes Thrice

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Access Copyright (“AC”) today announced: A lawsuit has been launched against York University. It alleges that York's purported fai...
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Recent Legislative Developments In Canadian Copyright Law: Is Canada A Reliable Role Model Or A Renegade Rogue? From Fordham 2013

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Here is my presentation on the legislative developments in Canadian copyright law in 2012 - which led to a 70 minute long Fordham 2013 sessi...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Nifty Shades of Gray Marketing: A Split US Supreme Court - Majority Believes that Things Go Better with Coke

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday delivered what is likely one of the most important copyright decisions from any court anywhere anyti...
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Monday, March 18, 2013

Parliamentary Committee Report on Intellectual Property Regime in Canada

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The Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology has just released a 68 page report entitled  Intellectual Property Regime in Cana...
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Warman v Fournier: Copyright in Titles and Headlines of Newspaper Articles?

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Notwithstanding that I said I wouldn’t say much about the Warman v. Fournier appeal case , another point needs to be made in order to a...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Warman v. Fournier On Appeal: National Post Says That 11 Words Can Be "substantial"

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Reader’s will recall the Warman v. Fournier case last year, in  which the Fourniers successfully represented themselves against Richard W...
Friday, March 08, 2013

SOCAN's Quest for a new "Making Available Right" Tariff at the Copyright Board in the Post ESA v. SOCAN and Post Bill C-11 World

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As anyone who is interested in Canadian copyright knows, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on July 12, 2012  in the decision in ESA v SOCAN ...
Thursday, March 07, 2013

Re Google News: Size Matters in Germany

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So, according to my 1709 Blog Friend s (who are closely related to the legendary IPKats ) : Bloomberg now reports that the Bundestag h...
Monday, March 04, 2013

Bill C-56: Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back Into The Water?

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Some may have thought that ACTA was dead and that, after a year of arguably the most sweeping changes in Canadian copyright law in almost a ...