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Neither Fish Nor Fowl – Trade-mark and Copyright Protection for Titles

Bob Tarantino is a lawyer in the Entertainment Law Group of Heenan Blaikie LLP. He holds graduate degrees in law from Osgoode Hall Law School and the University of Oxford.
A suitable name for an entertainment project can be critical to its success and can even enhance the aesthetic effect of the overall work. In an [...]

Posted in Copyright, IP, Literary Works, Movies, Trademarks
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IsoHunt found liable for inducing copyright infringement

Nathan Fan is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.
U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Wilson released a summary judgment on December 21, 2009, finding Gary Fung and his peer-to-peer torrent websites liable for inducing copyright infringement in the U.S. Proceedings against Gary Fung began in 2006, when MPAA members sued Gary Fung and his websites [...]

Posted in Copyright, IP, Infringement, Internet, Internet Sharing, Movies, Music Industry, Music Industry, Technology
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Mininova bit torrent site shut down

Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.
This past week Mininova.org, one of the largest public file-sharing sites out there, finally shut its doors. After a legal fight with BREIN (the Dutch music and film industry’s anti-piracy arm) earlier this year, Mininova has now removed all infringing torrent files and is only [...]

Posted in Infringement, Internet Sharing, Movies, Music Industry, Music Industry
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The Curious Case of the Actor’s Performance (Part Two)

Bob Tarantino is a lawyer in the Entertainment Law Group of Heenan Blaikie LLP. He holds graduate degrees in law from Osgoode Hall and the University of Oxford.
This is the second part of Bob Tarantino’s feature blog post on “performer’s performances” in the Canadian Copyright Act. Part One can be read here.
In Section 17(1) we [...]

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The Curious Case of the Actor’s Performance (Part One)

Bob Tarantino is a lawyer in the Entertainment Law Group of Heenan Blaikie LLP. He holds graduate degrees in law from Osgoode Hall and the University of Oxford.
Thinking of entertainment law as the neglected adoptee of the intellectual property bar provides an apt metaphor. Because it is more an area of practice than a coherent [...]