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    Month: June 2012

    June 30, 2012in Uncategorized0by Editor
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    Where there's Rum, there are Pirates

    The history of the “Havana Club” brand rum is a long one.  It was originally produced and sold by the Arechabala family until 1960, when the Castro government confiscated their…

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    June 28, 2012in Copyright, Fair Dealing, Infringement, IP, Supreme Court of Canada3by Editor
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    Not-so-Fair Dealing: How Access Copyright is Limiting Access to Copyrighted Materials

    In light of the recent Quebec student protests (see here), and the support that the protests are gaining nationwide, one might suspect that there would be a general trend towards…

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    June 27, 2012in Access to Medicines, Announcements, Canada, IP, Patents, Pharmaceutical Drugs1by Editor
    357

    The Patented Medicines Review Board and its Proposed New Regulations

    On June 16, 2012, the Canada Gazette, published the proposed new regulations formalizing procedures before the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (the Board).  These proposed new regulations represent an effort…

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    June 26, 2012in Copyright Reform0by Editor
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    A Little Girl Talk on Copyright

    Brett Gaylor’s 2008 documentary RiP!: A Manifesto is, at heart, a defence of his “favourite band”, Girl Talk. It is therefore unsurprising that it does not appear to be a…

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    June 24, 2012in Contracts, Copyright, Feature Post, IP, Literary Works, Ownership2by Editor
    238

    Unmasking the Mysterious “TV Rights” to Anne of Green Gables

    On June 11 2012 an article by Vinay Menon appeared in the Toronto Star titled “Anne of Green Gables to be remade for TV”.  The article reports that Kate Macdonald…

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    June 24, 2012in Access to Medicines, Patents, Pharmaceutical Drugs4by Editor
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    China’s New Drug Patent Laws: A Bitter Pill For Big Pharma

    In a bold move, China has rewritten parts of its intellectual property laws to allow for Chinese companies to make generic copies of life-saving medication still under patent. These domestically…

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