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Federal Court of Appeal renders decision on satellite radio judicial review applications

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 24 2011

The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed two judicial review applications of the Copyright Board's 2009 decision on satellite radio

US Supreme Court rules on the eligibility of business methods for patenting

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • June 29 2010

On June 28, 2010, the United States Supreme Court issued its long-awaited judgment in Bilski v Kappos, which deals with important questions surrounding the patentability of business methods and other subject matter, such as software and innovative processes generally

International Seaway Trading: a single test for invalidity of US design patents

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2010

Having previously determined that the ordinary observer test is the sole test for design patent infringement, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in International Seaway Trading Corporation v. Walgreens Corporation, has now extended that test to questions of design patent invalidity

Sony triumphs in copyright battle over God of War

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • May 13 2010

In Bissoon-Dath v. Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc., the US District Court for the Northern District of California granted summary judgment in favour of Sony in a copyright dispute over the popular God of War video game

Australia's federal court finds ISPs aren’t liable for their subscribers’ copyright infringement

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 13 2010

The Federal Court of Australia released its important decision in Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v. iiNet Limited regarding the liability of Internet service providers (ISPs) for acts of copyright infringement by their subscribers

Court refuses to extend trade-mark protection to file extensions

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • May 13 2010

In Autodesk, Inc. v. Dassault Systemès Solidworks Corporation, the US District Court for the Northern District of California recently considered whether computer file extensions are entitled to trade-mark protection

Patent settlement agreements and the Competition Act “something more” required for conspiracy

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 11 2010

The Federal Court of Appeal recently confirmed that patent settlement agreements may be subject to the provisions of the Competition Act; however, "something more" than a mere assertion of patent rights is required to amount to conspiracy under the Act

Court issues key rulings in copyright infringement case over open source software

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 11 2010

In the latest instalment in the Jacobsen v. Katzer saga, the District Court for the Northern District of California found that open source files for a model train software application were eligible for copyright protection

Court finds Fung and Isohunt liable for inducing copyright infringement

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • February 11 2010

A California District Court recently granted members of the Motion Pictures Association of America summary judgment in a copyright infringement action against Gary Fung and four websites operated by him, including Isohunt, one of Canada's largest BitTorrent sites

US Court of Appeals upholds i4i’s award and injunction against Microsoft

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 11 2010

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit released its decision in Microsoft's appeal against Toronto-based i4i Limited Partnership

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