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Copyright infringement pleadings

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 24 2008

A recent decision of the Federal Court emphasizes that a statement of defence in an action alleging copyright infringement must be something more than a series of denials

Ontario increases its film and television production services tax credit

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 2 2009

In order to maintain Ontario's competitive position as a location of choice for foreign film and television producers, the Ontario Government has just announced a series of proposed amendments to the Ontario Production Services Tax Credit (the "OPSTC") program that will increase the refundable OPSTC from its current level of 25 of qualifying labour expenses to 25 of all qualifying expenses incurred in the Province of Ontario

The defence of "fair comment"

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 7 2008

In WIC Radio Ltd. v Simpson, the Supreme Court of Canada has redefined and strengthened the defence of "fair comment" in defamation cases

An overview of Canadian tax credits for non-indigenous film and television production

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 10 2008

Canada, often referred to as “Hollywood North”, continues as a leading innovator in the development and implementation of public sector incentives for film and television production

How well protected are your privacy rights on the web?

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 23 2008

On July 1, 2008 the New York US District Court ordered YouTube to turn over its logging database information ("Logging Data") to media giant Viacom International Inc

Ontario Superior Court of Justice holds that Town of Newmarket violated circus producer’s charter and procedural fairness rights

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 8 2010

In the Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision of Xentel DM Incorporated v. The Corporation of the Town of Newmarket, the Court held that the actions of the Town of Newmarket ("Town") in denying an application to rent a Town-owned facility to stage two performances of the Shrine Circus with animals violated both the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("Charter") as well as procedural fairness rights

Are online music previews "research?" - the Federal Court of Appeal says "yes"

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 29 2010

In a recent decision, SOCAN v. Bell Canada et al., the Federal Court of Appeal affirmed the decision of the Copyright Board of Canada in which it was held that 30-second previews offered by online music services like iTunes and Puretracks do not require the payment of royalties for the use of copyright in the underlying musical works

Think before you link potential defamation liability for hyperlinking

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 14 2010

In this Internet age, content spreads like wildfire, regardless of whether it is truthful or inaccurate, complimentary or defamatory

User generated content: recent developments in Canada and the US

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 25 2011

Although there is no widely accepted definition of user-generated content ("UGC"), it may be described as material uploaded to the Internet by website users

The glamorous world of trade-marks

  • Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 25 2011

A recent decision of the Canadian Trade-marks Opposition Board raised some novel issues surrounding the types of evidence required to be filed and the categories of wares that might raise a likelihood of confusion

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