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US anti-circumvention rulemaking, documentary films and Canadian copyright

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • August 3 2010

Last week's promulgation by the United States' Librarian of Congress of a rule which creates an exemption for certain classes of works from the prohibition (in the US Copyright Act, first introduced by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA) against circumventing technological measures that control access to copyrighted works - which is rather a mouthful (or eyeful) - is noteworthy for a number of reasons which are of immediate relevance to Canadian entertainment lawyers and copyright enthusiasts

Changing trends in the enforcement of open source software

  • Bereskin & Parr LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • July 26 2010

Open source software has not historically generated much litigation

Talking about your case on your blog? You may have just waived privilege

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • November 30 2010

On October 22, 2010, an American magistrate judge ruled that a plaintiff suing Universal Music Corp. for improperly sending a takedown notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) waived a number of heads of attorney-client privilege by discussing the details of her legal case by email and on a blog

ASCAP, SOCAN, public performances and telecommunications

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • 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

Canada and the United States: differences in copyright law

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • May 6 2011

Canada is a party to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Berne Convention

Do you believe in miracles? Political fair use revisited

  • Foley Hoag LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • July 25 2011

Several months ago, we highlighted the Canadian Conservative party’s use of the Canadian Broadcasting Company’s copyrighted footage in political attack ads

USPTO weighs in on copyright issues

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • January 24 2012

Last week was a big week in U.S. copyright law

U.S. asserts extraterritorial jurisdiction over Canadian reindeer

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • September 3 2011

A Canadian citizen was probably feeling like he’d been hit by a speeding sleigh when a federal district court in California denied his motion to dismiss a copyright claim against him

Employers should beware assumptions about copyright ownership

  • Blaney McMurtry LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • September 12 2011

Canadian knowledge-based businesses that hire employees to create intellectual property including advertising material and computer software, for example should be careful to assure that expectations concerning the ownership of the copyright in the resulting products is defined clearly and in advance

Isohunt faces a torrent of litigation

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • September 27 2010

On December 21, 2009, the United States District Court for the Central District of California granted summary judgment against isoHunt Web Technologies, Inc. and its principal, Gary Fung, for inducement of copyright infringement

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