TekSavvy Gets a Shocker from Voltage: Non-Party May Bear Some Costs Associated with Discovery
The decision of Justice Annis in Voltage Pictures LLC v. John Doe and Jane Doe reaffirms that there is no rule that...Read More
Unauthorized changes to translation breaches contract but not moral rights
On November 17, 2015 Justice Hamilton of the Superior Court of Quebec released his judgment in Desgagné v. Group Ville-Marie Litterature Inc.,...Read More
Web Design Contract Includes Implied Copyright License
Mathieu-Crochetière Brousseau v. 9107-0234 Québec Inc. (Grattex), 2015 FC 1219 was a failed action for copyright infringement of a computer program. The...Read More
Google Books: A Transformative Fair Use
On October 16, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit released its decision in the “Google Books Case”...Read More
Pay the wall – circumventing paywalls is copyright infringement
In 1395804 Ontario Limited (Blacklock’s Reporter) v. Canadian Vintners Association, 2015 CanLII 65885, Deputy Judge Lyon Gilbert of the Ottawa Small Claims...Read More
Fight Over Factums: Ontario Divisional Court Grants Leave to Appeal From Decision Refusing to Approve a Class Action Settlement
In Waldman v. Thomson Reuters Canada Limited, 2015 ONSC 3843, Justice Swinton of the Ontario Divisional Court granted leave to appeal an...Read More
University Professor Unable to Rely on Copyright Fair Use in Plagiarism Suspension
On July 15, 2015, Justice Bich of the Quebec Court of Appeal released her judgment in Syndicat des professeures et professeurs de...Read More
Copyright suit for book never sold in Canada summarily dismissed
A recent ruling of the Ontario Superior Court is a reminder to plaintiffs that they must present more than bald allegations that...Read More
Shakin’ all over – Copyright Claim for Blurry Seismic Data Survives Summary Judgment
In Geophysical Services Incorporated v. Atrim Energy, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta considered Atrim’s motion for a summary dismissal of...Read More
Threatening sanctions without a legal basis
The Denturist Association of Canada’s (“DAC”) five digit procedure codes are licensed to its provincial associations (including the Denturist Association of Ontario...Read More
Statutory, but not punitive, damages for copyright infringement
Rundle provided training services to assist federal government employees in passing various language proficiency tests for bilingual positions in the federal public...Read More