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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

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

Rogers et al v Socan: w(h)ither the "making available" right?

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada
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November 16 2012

Among the unanswered questions arising in the wake of the massive changes to the Canadian copyright landscape in 2012 is the issue of precisely how the two seismic forces at work (i.e., The Copyright Modernization Act and the Supreme Court's "Copyright Pentalogy" cases) would interface with each other

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

You're getting sued for what? An E&O odyssey (Pt 9)

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada, USA
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October 30 2012

This post is part of an occasional series highlighting the type of risks which film and TV producers face and which are supposed to be covered by E&O insurance

Chain of title - corporate copyright ownership

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada
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October 5 2012

When reviewing the "chain of title" for an entertainment product (borrowing from Gordon Firemark, "chain of title" is "the paper trail that establishes a person or company’s right to take proposed action with respect to a piece of property"), questions may arise regarding the ownership status of copyrighted works which were created by individuals who are shareholders, officers andor directors of a corporation and who did not sign an agreement with the corporation which expressly granted to the corporation copyright in the works which they created in their capacity as officers andor directors

Leuthold v CBC: damages for copyright infringement

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada
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October 4 2012

The facts in the recent Federal Court decision of Leuthold v CBC (2012 FC 748) are relatively straight-forward, if somewhat peculiar

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

Depicting trade-marks in artistic works: University of Alabama vs New Life Art

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada, USA
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July 3 2012

Although a decision from the US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has limited precedential value in Canadian courts, the decision in University of Alabama vs New Life Art, Inc. (filed June 11, 2012) (hat tip: Hollywood, Esq.) is useful for Canadian entertainment lawyers because it indicates the analytical framework which courts use in assessing whether infringement has occurred when a trade-mark is incorporated into an artistic work

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