Week 1
Statute of Anne -1710 https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/anne_1710.asp
Canadian Admiral v. Reddifusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Admiral_Corp_v_Rediffusion_Inc
Sony v. Universal https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/464/417/
CCH v. LSUC https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/2125/index.do
Alberta (Education) v. Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright) https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/9997/index.do
Théberge v. Galerie d’Art du Petit Champlain inc [2002] 2 SCR 336 https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/1973/index.do
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. SODRAC 2003 Inc. [2015] 3 SCR 615 https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/15646/index.do
Cinar Corporation v. Robinson [2013] 3 SCR 1168 https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/13390/index.do
Week 2
Harvard College v. Canada (Commissioner of Patents) https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/2019/index.do
Where Good Ideas Come From (optional TED Talk) https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_where_good_ideas_come_from
Berne Convention (1886) https://www.wipo.int/en/web/treaties/ip/berne/index
Statute of Anne -1710 https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/anne_1710.asp
Aereopagitica (John Milton – 1644) https://milton.host.dartmouth.edu/reading_room/areopagitica/text.shtml
Théberge v. Galerie d’Art du Petit Champlain inc [2002] 2 SCR 336 https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/1973/index.do
Cinar Corporation v. Robinson [2013] 3 SCR 1168 https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/13390/index.do
Canadian Admiral v. Reddifusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Admiral_Corp_v_Rediffusion_Inc
Komesaroff v. Mickle, [1988] R.P.C. 204 at 210 (Vict. S.C.) [no link found]
Gould Estate v. Stoddart Publishing Co., 1996 CanLII 8209 https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/1996/1996canlii8209/1996canlii8209.html
Walter v Lane [1900] A.C. 539 https://www.cipil.law.cam.ac.uk/virtual-museum/walter-v-lane-1900-ac-539
CCH v. LSUC https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/2125/index.do
Week 3
Théberge v. Galerie d’Art du Petit Champlain inc [2002] 2 SCR 336 https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/1973/index.do
Four Chord Song (Axis of Awesome) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I
The AI-Copyright Trap (Carys Craig) https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1400&context=all_papers
Getty Images v. Stability A.I. (U.K. High Court of Justice) https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Getty-Images-v-Stability-AI.pdf
Kenrick & Co. v. Lawrence & Co. (1890) L.R. 25, Q.B.D. 99) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenrick_v_Lawrence
Maltz v Witterick 2016 FC 524 https://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/fc-cf/decisions/en/item/144106/index.do
Donoghue v. Allied Newspapers Limited (1938) Ch 106 https://lawyerz.com/caselaw/donoghue%20v%20allied%20newspapers%20ltd%20[1937]
Jennifer Kelly, Capcom’s counsel, on the Dawn of the Dead case https://youtu.be/I8IsvfLRaEc
University of London Press, Ltd. v. University Tutorial Press, Ltd. [1916] 2 Ch. 601 https://www.theipmatters.com/post/university-of-london-press-v-university-tutorial-press
Exxon Corp v. Exxon Insurance Consultants International Ltd., [1981] 3 All E.R. 241 (Ch.D) https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/144659
Atari v. Oman 979 F.2d 242 (D.C. Cir. 1992) https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/979/242/383509/
Francis Day and Hunter v. 20th Century Fox Corp, Ltd. [1939] UKPC 68, [1940] AC 112 https://www.the-laws.com/encyclopedia/browse/case?caseId=899391279000&title=francis-day-and-hunter-ltd-vs-twentieth-century-fox-corporation-ltd#
Hutton v. CBC https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=3e6e332d-5e26-4726-abb0-013a56901bcf
FWS Joint Sports Claimants v. Canada 1991 FCA https://www.yorku.ca/osgoode/iposgoode/2015/07/21/united-we-play-or-united-we-sue-away-the-copyrightability-of-sports-moves/
National Basketball Association v. Motorola, Inc., 105 F 3d. 841 (2nd Cir. 1997) https://cyber.harvard.edu/metaschool/fisher/linking/doctrine/nba.html
Copyright & Social Media
Communications Law