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Articles Behind Paywall Subject to Fair Dealing

Photo Credit: “Sugar” by Adam Engelhart | https://flic.kr/p/fqv6q (CC BY-SA2.0) Yesterday, the Federal Court released its decision in...

Federal Court Continues Trend of Ordering Disclosure of Subscriber Information

After initiating a proposed class action lawsuit alleging copyright infringement in respect of five motion pictures (I have previously ...

Private Member’s Bill Proposes to Extend Copyright Term

On Friday, June 17, 2016, Conservative MP Peter Van Loan introduced Bill C-299, a private member’s bill entitled “An Act to amend the...

Wexford Collegiate v. Hamilton: Understanding Grand and Small Rights

Canadian high school Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts created headlines last week after YouTube clips of the school’s students...

Celebrity Social Media Accounts: When does a Repost Infringe Copyright?

For almost a decade, the rise in popularity of social media platforms has created new methods for organizations, brands and celebrities...

Creative Pleading Seeks to Certify Copyright Class Proceeding

Voltage Pictures LLC has been busy in the Federal Court of Canada. As illustrated by the proposed class proceeding filed April 26, 2016,...

Unpack SODRAC Symposium Video: Reproduction Rights

On February 25, 2016, Hayes eLaw LLP founding partner Mark Hayes spoke on the “Reproduction Rights” panel at Osgoode Hall Law School’s...

Trifecta of Noteworthy Copyright and Trademark Filings

Although notices of appeal are common place in intellectual property matters, three recent filings at the Federal Court of Appeal are, at...

Netflix Gets Rewind of Copyright Board Decision

In a late December decision, Netflix, Inc v SOCAN et al, 2015 FCA 289, the Federal Court of Appeal (“FCA”), perhaps binge-writing...