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Lights! Camera! No-action! Canada's Competition Bureau clears merger of Canadian film distributors

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 4 2013

On January 3, 2013 the Competition Bureau issued a No-Action Letter in respect of the acquisition by Canadian film distributor Entertainment One Ltd

Human Rights Tribunal reduces settlement amount after employee violated her confidentiality obligations

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 12 2012

For the first time, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal reduced the amount owing to an applicant under the terms of a settlement reached by the parties, after the applicant breached the confidentiality clause contained in the Minutes of Settlement by posting on Facebook that a settlement had been reached

Private member's bill would prohibit commercial advertising to children under 13

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • September 18 2012

On June 6, 2012, NDP MP Peter Julian introduced Bill C-430, An Act to Amend the Competition Act and the Food and Drugs Act (Child Protection Against Advertising Exploitation

Previews of musical works do not infringe copyright

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 13 2012

As we've discussed in a number of recent blog posts, the Supreme Court of Canada this week released a number of major copyright-related decisions

Performers and makers of film soundtracks not entitled to broadcast royalties

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 13 2012

In a ruling issued July 12, 2012, the Supreme Court upheld the decisions of the Federal Court of Appeal and the Copyright Board in Re: Sound v. Motion Picture Theatre Associations of Canada, concluding that performers and makers of sound recordings are not entitled to royalties for the broadcast of their recordings in film or on television as part of a movie soundtrack

Canadian court comes down hard on misleading business directory scam

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 15 2012

On March 1, 2012, the Ontario Superior Court put an end to a deceptive marketing scam that had resulted in thousands of Canadians falling victim to false and misleading representations, to the tune of an estimated $7 million

Rogers Communications claims misleading advertising case, AMPs violate Canadian Constitution

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 2 2012

Rogers Communications Inc. will appear before the Ontario Superior Court in June, claiming that two aspects of the Competition Act dealing with civilly reviewable misleading advertising are unconstitutional: AMPs (administrative monetary penalties) in the millions of dollars, and the “adequate and proper” testing requirements

Top 10 Canadian communications law developments for 2011

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 23 2011

The past year has seen many important developments in the area of Canadian communications law, and we have blogged about many of them here

IIROC communications guidelines updated to reflect social media

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 8 2011

IIROC released guidance yesterday regarding the communication, supervision and retention of advertisements, sales literature and correspondence by dealers

French-language pay-TV competition: cancelled due to lack of interest?

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 21 2011

French-language television viewers hoping for the option of a second national pay-television channel will not be getting their wish anytime soon, as the CRTC recently announced that it would not open up the French-language general interest pay television service genre to competition due to a lack of applicants for a new service

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