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Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a finding that the Royal Canadian Legion did not infringe an author's moral rights by selling poppy patterned...
Bereskin & Parr LLP
The Canadian Copyright Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-42 provides authors with two types of moral rights: integrity and attribution (the right to be associated with the work or to remain anonymous).
Nelligan Law
In a courtroom drama that could rival a Warholian masterpiece, the Andy Warhol Foundation and photographer Lynn Goldsmith have finally put their legal...
Field LLP
In a recent and notable incident in British Columbia, the legal profession was given a stark reminder of the pitfalls associated with the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in legal practice.
Torys LLP
Copyright ownership is a nuanced and highly contextual area of legal analysis. In this video, Andrew Bernstein and Alexandra Peterson discuss the essentials...
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
For many startups and scaleups, intellectual property (IP) is crucial to the company's competitive advantage and, therefore, its overall success and value.
Lenczner Slaght LLP
Few pop icons have navigated the art of protecting their intellectual property as well as Taylor Swift. Not only does Taylor Swift have an outstanding knack...
MLT Aikins LLP
Intellectual property (IP) rights are key assets for businesses, so it's important to know what types of rights are protectable and what actions that can be taken to enforce these rights.
Bereskin & Parr LLP
Scott MacKendrick and Andrew McIntosh's article "2023's Procedural Developments in IP Litigation" was published in the Toronto Law Journal.
Cassels
Join the Cassels Copyright team as we look back at some of the most notable Canadian copyright law decisions, legislative amendments, and other developments from 2023.
Bereskin & Parr LLP
Amazon is one of Canada's most popular and profitable online marketplaces, but it is not the wild west. Sellers must take care not to make false or misleading statements about competitors...
Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP
The United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit has upheld last year's decision that Canadian band Nickelback's song "Rockstar" did not infringe the song "Rock Star" by Snowblind Revival.
Bereskin & Parr LLP
Crown Copyright is controversial in Canada. Set out under section 12 of the Copyright Act, Supreme Court Justices have cautioned that, read literally...
Goodmans LLP
As reported by Reuters and BNN Breaking, Warner Music, Sony Music and their subsidiaries (the "Major Music Labels") have reportedly filed a lawsuit against Altice USA ("Altice")...
Smart & Biggar
Online takedowns are an essential and effective tool for intellectual property rightsholders. Such tools are a common response to infringement on online marketplaces.
Bereskin & Parr LLP
2023 saw several important developments in Canadian intellectual property litigation. Below, we discuss several of these topics, including the court placing limits on summary trials...
Fasken
The Federal Court recently released its decision in Doan v Clearview Inc, 2023 FC 1612, in which the Court distinguished a situation where there is no basis in fact for proving that two or more...
DLA Piper
Chances are the last time you were waiting in a doctor's office, shopping in a retail store, having a drink at a bar, or waiting on hold on the phone, you were listening to music.
Goldman Sloan Nash & Haber LLP
A decision of the U.K. C.A. supports the position that copyright subsists in a graphic user interface ("GUI) produced by a computer program.
Bereskin & Parr LLP
A U.S. jury will soon be asked to decide whether using unauthorized copyright-protected works for the purpose of training a machine learning model can constitute fair use.
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