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Supreme Court set to revisit technological neutrality in CBC v SODRAC

Supreme Court set to revisit technological neutrality in CBC v SODRAC

On September 4, the Supreme Court of Canada granted leave to appeal from the Federal Court of Appeal in CBC v SODRAC 2003 Inc which considered the issue of whether broadcasters must pay royalties on ephemeral or incidental copies of an audiovisual work created during the preparation of that work for broadcast. The case arose out […]

U.S. Implementation of the “making available” right: Are we there yet?

U.S. Implementation of the “making available” right: Are we there yet?

The “making available” right, as articulated in the WIPO Copyright Treaty art. 8 (and the WPPT arts. 10 and 14), applies to the offering to the public of on-demand access to a work in the form of a stream or of a download.  The “umbrella solution” adopted at the 1996 Diplomatic Conference that yielded the […]

IP Osgoode: Call for Applications

IP Osgoode: Call for Applications

We are pleased to announce a call for applications for a number of exciting opportunities with IP Osgoode including IPilogue Editors and IP Osgoode Innovation Clinic Fellows. See below for more information.