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Europe in breach of international copyright treaty
AJ Park - European Union -
November 14 2012
A recent decision of the European Court of Justice on the licensing model for software transactions, has inadvertently breached the WIPO Copyright Treaty of 1996.
Digital age copyright law in Asia: DMCA-type provisions in China and India
- Banner & Witcoff Ltd
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- China, India, USA
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- May 13 2009
Computer, internet and related digital technology are the functional platform upon which many of the largest and most robust economies across the globe now operate.
Court issues key rulings in copyright infringement case over open source software
- McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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- USA
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- February 11 2010
In the latest instalment in the Jacobsen v. Katzer saga, the District Court for the Northern District of California found that open source files for a model train software application were eligible for copyright protection.
Usedsoft v Oracle: an intelligible guide for non-IP-lawyers
- Collyer Bristow LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- November 27 2012
The most significant IPIT case since our last edition of IP Matters isUsedSoft GmbH v Oracle International.
Circumvention of technological protection measures (TPMs) prohibited
- Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh
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- Canada
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- December 5 2012
One of the main issues facing content creators and copyright owners is piracy.
Copyright Modernization Act (mostly) in force
- McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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- Canada
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- November 23 2012
On November 7, 2012, with the publication of Order in Council P.C. 2012-1392 (the Order) in the Canada Gazette, the long-awaited Copyright Modernization Act, S.C. 2012, c. 20 has mostly been proclaimed into force.
Modernizing Canadian copyright laws federal government introduces new copyright bill
- McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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- Canada
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- August 11 2010
At long last, the Canadian government has introduced its proposed copyright amendments.
Proposed amendments to the Canadian Copyright Act
- Norton Rose Canada LLP
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- Canada
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- June 4 2010
On June 2, the government of Canada introduced Bill C-32 to amend the Copyright Act.
Proposed Canadian copyright reform - Bill C-61
- McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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- Canada
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- June 16 2008
After much anticipation, the federal government released Bill C-61, An Act to Amend the Copyright Act.