EXCESS COPYRIGHT

Intellectual property law is good. Excess in intellectual property law is not. This blog is about excess in IP and related law. I have practiced law with prestigious firms and successfully acted for interveners in several important Supreme Court cases. I've also been in government & academe. My views are purely personal. Nothing on this blog should be taken as legal advice. I am a policy provocateur and currently not practising law. My email address is hknopf@gmail.com.

Sunday, March 30, 2014

The End of the Great Canadian Trade-mark Hyphen – and other Consequential Changes

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The hyphenated spelling of “trade-mark” had become something of an – ahem – trade-mark for Canada. It was a bold proclamation of independenc...
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Friday, March 14, 2014

ACCESS COPYRIGHT'S RECENT NOTICE OF WITHHOLDING INCREASE

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Friday, February 21, 2014

The ACP’s [Mis]Statement of Principles on Fair Dealing in Education

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The Associations of Canadian Publisher’s (“ACP”) has worked hard and apparently spent lots of money over the years fighting against fair de...
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Friday, February 14, 2014

Warman and National Post Drop Appeals - Good News for Canadian Copyright Law

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Just in time for  for Valentine's Day, though they probably didn't intend it that way, the National Post and Richard Warman have dis...
Saturday, February 08, 2014

Performing Music for Torture at Guantanamo - What are the Copyright Issues?

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(sculpture of José Antonio Elvira in Guantánamo , a city in southeast Cuba. Wikimedia) The issues of music as torture is once again bac...
Wednesday, February 05, 2014

Access Copyright Proposed Governance Changes

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As a member of Access Copyright, I am posting AC's latest email missive to the membership. My comments may or may not follow. In the mea...
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Monday, February 03, 2014

Responses to CMEC's Leave to Intervene Motion in AC v. York U Federal Court Litigation

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Access Copyright ("AC") has responded to CMEC's motion for leave to intervene. It strongly opposed the motion and asks that t...
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Friday, January 31, 2014

Deadline of Wednesday February 5, 2014 to Oppose CD "Levy" of $0.29 Each

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The deadline to object to CPCC's proposed tariff on blank CDs of $0.29 each is next Wednesday, February 5, 2014.  Here's the Copy...
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

CMEC’S Leave to Intervene Application Material in AC v. York U Litigation

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Last week the CMEC, the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada sought leave to intervene in the Access Copyright v York U lawsuit.  I h...
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