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On March 1, 2013, the Canadian Government introduced Bill C-56, An Act to amend the Copyright Act and the Trade-marks Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.

A couple, the Ecklunds, approached Oakcraft Homes, a custom home-builder. Based on their discussions, Oakcraft prepared a house plan and gave a copy of the plan to the Ecklunds.

Proline Pipe, an Alberta company, created certain design drawings for pipe bending machines. A former employee took those drawings with him when he left the company.

Canadian copyright law is primarily governed by the federal Copyright Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-42 (the "Act").

Resolving legal disputes through litigation can be costly and time consuming.

Did you know that the content of your organization's guides, newsletters, handwritten information capsules and other materials may not belong to you?

A documentary film is, by its nature, a work of non-fiction.

The prevalence of counterfeit goods in Canada reflects weak laws and almost non-existent criminal enforcement within the country, resulting in an appearance of very limited protection for the intellectual property rights of brand owners.

To help stem the flow of counterfeit products into Canada, owners of Canadian registered trademarks, copyrights, and geographical indications ("rights holders") can enroll in a government program...

CarGurus unsuccessfully appealed a decision of the Competition Tribunal refusing their leave to bring an application relating to the restrictive trade practices of refusal to deal, price maintenance and exclusive dealing ...

Simply put, licensing is a business tool that commercializes your business' intellectual property and brand.

The Federal Court of Canada awarded statutory and punitive damages for the copyright infringement of the popular programs Family Guy and The Simpsons.

The Federal Court yesterday ruled in Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright) v York University, 2017 FC 669, that York University's "Fair Dealing Guidelines"...

In the pharmaceutical industry, the issue of copyright can arise in the context of product monographs.

We use them all the time to make our online conversations more expressive. Emojis have become part of our daily lives, but who owns them?

Two recent copyright infringement disputes involved the rare intersection of intellectual property with real property.

The main issue in this proceeding involved the definition of "patentee" as it pertains to the requirement to report to the Patented Medicines Prices Review Board (PMPRB).