Martin Brandsma
Bereskin & Parr LLP
Articles
Share with Care! BC Court Allows Claim for Copyright Infringement Relating to Copied Links of Unlisted YouTube Videos to Proceed
Canada - May 11 2022 Simply because content is online does not mean it is necessarily free to use or “in the public domain”. In a current action finding its way through…
The Devil is in the Details: Copyright Claim Struck for Failure to Plead “Written” Licence
Canada - March 11 2022 As noted recently by Canada's Federal Court: "the Copyright Act is, at the risk of understatement, complex". Commencing a claim for copyright…
2021 Year in Review: IP Litigation
Canada - March 1 2022 Despite the continued pandemic making 2021 a year of ongoing challenges, Canadian Courts continued to issue significant decisions concerning…
Soundly Predicted, But Not Obvious: Validity of MS Drug Patent Upheld on Appeal
Canada - February 7 2022 In patent law, if the basis for a sound prediction comes from the common general knowledge, will that same common general knowledge render an…
Seal of Approval from Federal Court of Appeal in Jewelry Design Case
Canada - January 24 2022 The much-anticipated appeal decision in Pyrrha Design Inc. v. Plum and Posey Inc., 2022 FCA 7, gives strength to the principle that “the simpler a…
