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Manson v John Doe - damages for anonymous online defamation

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada
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February 28 2013

The recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Manson v John Doe (2013 ONSC 628) offers an opportunity to reflect on both the

Gross: criminal obscenity in film and TV productions

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada
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January 2 2013

On December 22, 2012, one of the stranger criminal law stories in recent Canadian history came to an end: Quebec-based special effects artist Remy Couture

Five cases that shook the world: an entertainment lawyer's guide to the copyright pentalogy

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada
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July 16 2012

Yowza. That disturbance in the force you felt on July 12, 2012 was the world of Canadian copyright law shifting slightly on its axis

Bratz and Baby Buddies - clarifying the ideaexpression dichotomy

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada
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August 10 2010

The ideaexpression dichotomy is fundamental to copyright law, and can be stated with relative ease

ASCAP, SOCAN, public performances and telecommunications

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada, USA
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September 30 2010

The US Federal Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decision in US v ASCAP (sometimes referred to as ASCAP v RealNetworks) has generated a surprising amount of commentary - particularly from practitioners and academics outside of the United States

They're Beautiful People, they're just not Canadian - the Federal Court's Tricon decision

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada
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May 30 2011

A relatively rare event recently occurred: the Federal Court of Canada delivered a decision regarding a "Canadian content" certification decision made by CAVCO (the Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office

2012 top Canadian entertainment, media and communications law stories

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada
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December 27 2012

In keeping with tradition, and gambling that there won't actually be any significant entertainmentmedia law occurrences between now and January 1, 2013

Court provides SLAPP relief - but not enough

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada
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November 8 2012

In 2010, Ontario's Anti-SLAPP Advisory Panel released released its Report to the Attorney-General

Creating contracts by email - "written" doesn't always mean "in writing"

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada, USA
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November 14 2011

Two recent court decisions (one Canadian, one American) serve as useful reminders that binding contracts and assignments of rights can be created via exchanges of emails almost as easily as they can be created by "written" documents

2011 top Canadian entertainment and media law stories

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada
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December 28 2011

2011 is not yet over, but in proud maintenance of our tradition, we offer our humble thoughts on this year's most noteworthy Canadian entertainment and media law stories (a special shout-out to my partner Stephen Zolf for his co-authorship of this list