Turkish television drama ends with close to $6M in copyright damages
The Federal Court awarded close to $6M in statutory damages to Yelda Haber Ve Görsel Yayincilik A.S., one of Turkey’s largest broadcasters,...Read More
From skinny to slim: Former distributor’s dishonest dealings earn interlocutory injunction
New Skinny Mixes, a US manufacturer of sugar-free coffee syrups and low-calorie cocktail mixes, secured an interlocutory injunction against its former Canadian...Read More
Punitive Damages May Exceed Compensatory Damages: Federal Court of Appeal
The Federal Court of Appeal has agreed that, in principle, an award for punitive damages may exceed compensatory damages. In Annie Pui...Read More
Copycat Caught – Fair dealing is no defence when 100% of work is copied
On March 8, 2016, Justice Manson held that PS Knight Co Ltd infringed copyright in the Canadian Standards Association’s 2015 CSA Code....Read More
Claims under the Trade-marks and Competition Acts insufficient basis to stay Ontario defamation action
On December 22 2015, Justice Perell dismissed a motion to temporarily stay a defamation action in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice...Read More