News of the Week

News of the Week; April 22, 2020

News of the Week; April 22, 2020

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Access Copyright v York University: York Wins re “Mandatory Tariff” and Loses re Fair Dealing Guidelines (Howard Knopf) Two Montreal lawyers file application to trademark the term COVID-19 A Copy of a Copy of a Copy: Internet Mimesis and the Copyrightability of Memes (Elena Elmerinda Scialabba) All’s Fair in Love and War . . […]

News of the Week; April 15, 2020

News of the Week; April 15, 2020

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Canadian Federal Court Decides Patent Action by way of Summary Trial Canadian patents claiming a formulation for a medicinal ingredient may be eligible for patent term extension Federal Court Considers the Availability of Certificates of Supplementary Protection for Vaccines As Record Labels Still Are Demanding Mandated Filters; Facebook’s Copyright Filter Takes Down A […]

News of the Week; April 8, 2020

News of the Week; April 8, 2020

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Canada legislates the use of inventions during the pandemic Amendments to the Patent Act in response to COVID-19 “Lightly Sketched” Characters Not Copyrightable The Batmobile is Copyrightable… Your Cute and Fuzzy Characters May Not Be Copyright Protection for the Selection and Arrangement of Uncopyrightable Elements: Gray v. Perry Court schools overzealous copyright licensor, […]

News of the Week; April 1, 2020

News of the Week; April 1, 2020

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Bill C-4 Receives Royal Assent: Incoming Changes to the Intellectual Property Landscape EU: infringement of software license agreement can result in an intellectual property infringement The Open COVID IP Pledge IP monitor: Canadian Intellectual Property Office announces further extension of deadlines in wake of pandemic COVID-19: Canadian Government Can Now Use Patented Inventions […]

News of the Week; March 25, 2020

News of the Week; March 25, 2020

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Awful, Awful People Keep Trying To Trademark COVID And Coronavirus The Utility of Recent Force Majeure Amendments to Canadian Trademark Law Federal Court of Appeal remands Remicade new use patent decision on anticipation and obviousness (Trade)mark America Great Again: Should Political Slogans Be Able to Receive Trademark Protection? (Katherine Kerrick) Newspaper Can Talk […]

News of the Week; March 18, 2020

News of the Week; March 18, 2020

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Volunteers 3D-Print Unobtainable $11,000 Valve For $1 To Keep Covid-19 Patients Alive; Original Manufacturer Threatens To Sue Industry Committee Recommends Adding Digital Lock Exception to USMCA Copyright Provisions (Michael Geist) False Start for Paparazzi in Copyright Suit Cruz v. Cox Media Group: District court holds Cox Media Group liable for copyright infringement due […]

News of the Week; March 11, 2020

News of the Week; March 11, 2020

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY How Explaining Copyright Broke the YouTube Copyright System NYU Law School’s Video Teaching Copyright Completely Flummoxed YouTube’s Copyright Filters Protective Orders Alive and Well in Canadian IP Litigation: The Federal Court of Appeal has recently put to rest concerns about the availability of “protective orders” in IP litigation. Managing Canadian Trademark Applications Under […]

News of the Week; March 4, 2020

News of the Week; March 4, 2020

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Can someone copyright every possible melody? (Andres Guadamuz) Simple Solutions Simply Don’t Suffice to Solve the Slew of Song Infringement Substantial Similarity Suits Castillo v. G&M Realty L.P.: 2nd Circuit affirms $6.75 million damages against property owner for painting over   graffiti art at 5Pointz exhibition, ruling that works were protected under Visual Artists […]

News of the Week; February 26, 2020

News of the Week; February 26, 2020

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Musicians Algorithmically Generate Every Possible Melody, Release Them to Public Domain: Damien Riehl & Noah Rubin generated and saved every possible melody to a drive, then turned it around to the commons. Attempt To Put Every Musical Melody Into The Public Domain Demonstrates Craziness Of Modern Copyright Can a Machine Be Considered an […]

News of the Week; February 19, 2020

News of the Week; February 19, 2020

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY The Copyright Board’s Access Copyright Post Secondary Decision: The Incorrect Correction (Howard Knopf) Oops, the Board did it again, and again, and again (Ariel Katz) Moschino Counterpunches on Cardi B Paparazzi Pic District Court Grants Judgment on the Pleadings, in Part, in Kanye West Copyright Suit Let Go of My LEGOs: Copyright Protection […]