Previews of Music as Fair Dealing
POST UPDATED This post is somewhat curious to write – it is about a decision of the Canadian Federal Court of […]
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Fan Fiction – Perspectives on Fiction and Its Fans
The discussion of “fan fiction” at Wikipedia begins as follows: Fan fiction (alternately referred to as fanfiction, fanfic, FF, or […]
YouTube’s Music Royalty Negotiations
Robert Andrews, writing at paidContent.org, provides a link-rich post on YouTube’s ongoing negotiations with UK and European music collectives regarding […]
R v National Post – Case-by-case Privilege for Journalists and Confidential Sources
On Friday, May 7, 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its decision in R. v. National Post, 2010 SCC […]
Pop Sandbox Launches Kenk
Congratulations on the long-awaited launch of Kenk: A Graphic Portrait, to Alex Jansen at Pop Sandbox and to the entire creative […]
Castle and Mitchell Answer 20 Questions for New Artists
“Management agreement”
Warman v Fournier – Defamation Actions and the Balancing Act
Matthew Nied, writing at the Defamation Law Blog, provides a comprehensive analysis of the Ontario Divisional Court’s decision in Warman v […]
Scot and Sam Rock the Tribeca Film Festival
Horns up to Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn of Banger Films: their most recent documentary, Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage, just […]
Copyright and The King
UPDATED BELOW The good folks at The Lawyers Weekly have published a short article of mine about the reversionary interest under […]
Trade-mark Protection for a Fictional Beer
The UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has issued a trade-mark decision (Trademark Inter-partes Decision O/359/09 [.pdf] – hat tip to […]
Restrictions on Videogame Sales
The US Supreme Court has indicated that it will be hearing an appeal regarding a California law (which has, due to […]
Incidental Inclusion in Canadian Copyright Law
The good folks at IP Osgoode‘s IPilogue blog have published a short article I wrote which explores the "incidental inclusion" exception […]
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