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Steven Mason of McCarthy Tétrault filed an Amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the United States in the ABC, Inc. et al v. Aereo, Inc case.

Toronto, February 23, 2009 — McCarthy Tétrault partners Barry Sookman and Steven Mason illustrate the challenges, concepts and approaches to copyright issues in their newly released casebook Copyright: Cases and Commentary on the Canadian and International Law.

In Microsoft v Liu, Justice Boswell of the Federal Court determined that Mr. Liu had infringed Microsoft's copyright in several programs and awarded Microsoft both statutory damages and exemplary and punitive damages.

On April 21, 2015 the Federal Government released its 2015 budget plan.

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are still a hot topic. In this post, you will find out about some of the conditions of use that are essential to their commercialization.

The recent decision in Andrews v. 1625531 Alberta Ltd. et al, 2016 FC 624 (June 3, 2016), considered this question in the context of a claim by an ex-employee, Mr. Andrews...

The Committee's report follows a study of remuneration models for artists and creative industries and the challenges and opportunities of new access points for creative content.

Previously a number of Canadian cases held that parody or burlesque was not a defence to a claim for copyright infringement but the rules have changed.

A recent decision of the Federal Court of Canada in a motion brought by Voltage Pictures LLC in a copyright infringement case provides an interesting insight into the way in which the Court will balance privacy rights, on the one hand, and the rights of copyright holders on the other hand.

A recent decision of the Federal Court of Canada in a motion brought by Voltage Pictures LLC in a copyright infringement case provides an interesting insight into the way in which the Court will balance privacy rights, on the one hand, and the rights of copyright holders on the other hand.

In Apple Inc. v. Psystar, a California District Court granted Apple’s motion for summary judgment for copyright infringement against Mac clone manufacturer Psystar, finding that Psystar had violated Apple’s reproduction right, distribution right and right to create a derivative work in its Mac OS X operating system.

From August 9, 2017 to September 29, 2017, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada is holding a public consultation on proposed reforms to the Copyright Board of Canada.

Quebec's new generic top level domain (gTLD) —.quebec — is scheduled for general availability November 18, 2014. The .quebec domain will be of interest to any brand owners conducting business in La belle province.

Intellectual property rights have become a truly international phenomenon.

The Federal Court has recently issued an order compelling Internet service providers (ISPs) to block their customers from accessing pirate subscription streaming sites operated by anonymous defendants

A single product can, in some circumstances, attract more than one form of intellectual property (IP) protection.

Canada's statutory damages regime for copyright infringement was enacted to bring greater certainty with respect to the infringement of relatively low value works, to reduce the cost of litigation...