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No Tort of Invasion of Privacy in Ontario

UPDATED BELOW The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently confirmed, in emphatic an unambiguous terms, that Ontario law does not recognize a […]

By Bob Tarantino
  • Movies
  • Tax/Tax Credits
  • Television

Canadian Locations Losing Out to US Tax Credits?

Nellie Andreeva, writing at Deadline | Hollywood, offers a detailed account of how Canadian cities are losing out on pilot […]

By Bob Tarantino
  • Television

Bully Beatdown Gets a Thumbs Up (or, How the CBSC and CRTC Function)

A recent Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) decision finding that MTV Canada’s broadcast of the show Bully Beatdown did not violate the […]

By Bob Tarantino
  • Movies
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  • Video Games

Right of Publicity Roundup

A slew of interesting materials have recently been posted relating to developments in the United States law relating to the […]

By Bob Tarantino
  • Movies
  • Tax/Tax Credits
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Videogame Tax Credit Incentives

The efficacy of tax credits for the videogame industry, has been the subject of a variety of coverage recently: No […]

By Bob Tarantino
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The Lurking Danger of Limited License Durations

Eriq Gardner at THR, Esq. reported earlier this month about a recent lawsuit filed in the United States: CBS Sued […]

By Bob Tarantino
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  • Trademarks

Protecting Fictional Trade-Marks

Back in April of 2010, we posted about efforts in the UK undertaken by the producers of Coronation Street to […]

By Bob Tarantino
  • Movies
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  • Trademarks

Titles and Trademarks (and Cigarettes!) in Film and TV Projects

As we’ve discussed previously here at the Signal (Title Dispute – Similar or Identical Titles for Film and TV Projects) […]

By Bob Tarantino
  • Television

The Skins Controversy – A Canadian Perspective

The recent premiere of MTV’s show Skins (which was shot in Toronto, and is based on a show of the […]

By Bob Tarantino
  • Movies
  • Tax/Tax Credits
  • Television

US Federal Tax Incentives for Film and TV

THR, Esq. reports on news that the US Congress has renewed a federal tax incentive program through 2011: Production Tax Incentives […]

By Bob Tarantino
  • Television

Big Bang Theory and Negotiating TV Star Salaries Redux

Following up on an earlier post, it appears that cast negotiations for all of the lead roles in the hit […]

By Bob Tarantino
  • Movies
  • Television

Entertainment Arbitrations

Mark Litwak points towards a useful resource: the Independent Film and Television Alliance (IFTA) website, in particular the portion of the […]

By Bob Tarantino

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