The OBA Entertainment, Media & Communications Section is accepting submissions for the launch of the OBA Entertainment, Media & Communications Section Newsletter – Journal Edition (“Journal”). The Journal will provide OBA members, their…
Month: May 2010
How To Minimize Costs Associated With Copyright Clearance: The DOC's Guidelines For Documentary Filmmakers
Vincent Doré is a JD/MBA Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and Schulich School of Business. Documentary films are meant to depict reality. In fact, a documentary’s sole purpose may…
Moving Forward with a Canadian Private Copying Levy: Lessons From the EU
Steven Zuccarelli is a 2012 JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. It is often surprising for the newest generation of multimedia consumers to realize that making private copies of…
Federal Court of Appeal Gives a Broad Interpretation to "Research" for Fair Dealing
Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Last week the Federal Court of Appeal upheld a 2007 Copyright Board decision concerning online music stores and those…
Patentability of Computer Programs in Europe
Robert Dewald is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School On May 12, 2010 the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) responded to several questions…
Trade-Mark Appeal before the Supreme Court of Canada
Ashlee Froese is an Osgoode Hall alumnus and currently practices intellectual property at the law firm of Keyser Mason Ball LLP. For the first time since 2006, the Supreme Court…