Copyright & Social Media
Communications Law
Meg’s IP Law Knitting Circle: Protecting Crochet Creators
For my final LAW422 project, I wanted to explore the copyright protection and culture of copying among the crochet creators of YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. It is thanks to this online community that I was able to learn how to crochet many of my favourite fashion pieces and design some of my own. Therefore, rather […]
Does Copyright Subsist in My Embroidery Project of the Elements of Copyright?
I hand-embroidered a design that lays out the elements of copyright, with main authorities and a few little icons. Each element has a checkbox, a few key words, and is in a different colour. Please see picture below! Residency Requirement: Authorities: S 5, Copyright Act (RSC, 1985, c.C-42) [CA]: Subject to this Act, copyright […]
Protecting IP, Ambush Marketing, and Major Sports Events: The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Case Study
Hi IP’ers, Hoping your exam seasons are wrapping up smoothly! With former VANOC President and CEO, John Furlong, making his recent pitch to the Vancouver Board of Trade for the 2030 Olympic Winter Games, I thought it was fitting to explore how the 2010 Games handled their IP protections for my term paper. […]