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An overview of Bill C-56: Combatting Counterfeit Products Act

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 8 2013

On March 1, 2013, Bill C-56 was introduced in the House of Commons. The majority of Bill C-56 is directed to amendments to the Copyright Act (CA) and

Most of Copyright Modernization Act provisions now in force

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 14 2012

As we noted in our post on July 3, the Copyright Modernization Act had received royal assent, but would not come into force until an Order-in-Council was issued

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

Supreme Court clarifies scope of fair dealing

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

On July 12, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada clarified the scope of the “fair dealing” exception to copyright infringement, found in section 29 of the Copyright Act, which allows copies to be made for research, private study, criticism and review

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

Free delivery! Supreme Court rules no copyright royalties for internet transmission of downloads

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

In a major, but slim, victory for proponents of electronic commerce, a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that online sellers of music and video game downloads are not required to pay more copyright royalties than their “bricks and mortar” counterparts, solely because the products from the virtual stores are delivered via the internet

Copyright Bill C-11 passes third reading and receives royal assent

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • July 3 2012

On June 29, 2012, Bill C-11 passed third reading in the Senate and received royal assent

Certification granted in lawyers' copyright infringement class action

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

An Ontario lawyer successfully moved for certification of a class action alleging that the Carswell database search and retrieval service known as “Litigator” infringes the copyright of the authors of legal documents that have been filed in Canadian courts

Canada's own controversy over copyright legislation

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 14 2012

Last month, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) became household names in the United States, as internet and technology giants like Wikipedia and Google engaged in a widely publicised day of protest and persuaded many Americans to petition their congressional representatives

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

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