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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 […]
Assignment of Copyright as a Remedy for Defamation
A variety of news outlets have reported on the defamation action launched by scientist Andrew Weaver against the National Post, […]
Canadian Conference of the Arts Call for Speakers
The Canadian Conference of the Arts has issued a request for proposals for its Emerging Thinkers Speed Speaker Series, to […]
Copyrights and Campaigns
Copyrights and political campaigns, that is. Ben Sheffner has comprehensive post up about the lawsuit brought by Don Henley against […]
Copyright in Jokes
Wikipedia maintains a “World’s Funniest Joke” page – of the three currently on offer, this joke, which apparently won top […]
Backstage Pass: Contract Riders
News outlets such as the Toronto Star are reporting on the publication by The Smoking Gun of Mariah Carey’s 2010 […]
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