Entertainment & Media Law Signal
Information and observation on the newest developments in entertainment and media law.
On June 17, 2019, long-awaited amendments to the Canadian Trademarks Act came into effect. Since that time, several non-traditional trademarks […]
Often when practicing entertainment law, particularly in Canada, attempts to analyze a particular situation run up against a road-block: there […]
Although a decision from the US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has limited precedential value in Canadian courts, the decision in […]
On March 28, 2012, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) announced that it is now accepting applications for “sound marks”. […]
Back in April of 2010, we posted about efforts in the UK undertaken by the producers of Coronation Street to […]
As we’ve discussed previously here at the Signal (Title Dispute – Similar or Identical Titles for Film and TV Projects) […]
It reads like a bit of a stretch to find some “Canadian content”, but when CBC News reported late last week […]
Aaron Moss, writing at Law Law Land, has a great post about identical or similar movie titles: Reuse and Confuse? […]
[It’s November, and Remembrance Day is only a handful of days away, so the topic of this post is bound […]
A flurry of stories appeared in August 2010 about the stymied efforts of Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, cast member of the […]
The UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has issued a trade-mark decision (Trademark Inter-partes Decision O/359/09 [.pdf] – hat tip to […]
