Picture this: It’s a Sunday afternoon and you’re a law student avoiding your Copyright readings. Instead of cracking open the textbook, you decide to scroll through TikTok, where you come…
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Of Bands and Breweries: The Hip Sues Mill Street Over “100th Meridian” Beer
“…At the Hundredth meridian,Where the great plains begin” The hundredth meridian is the longitudinal line that roughly separates the semi-arid, rural regions of Western Canada from the humid, more urban…
Are Apple’s Racially Diverse Emojis Copyright Infringement?
Emojis are essential when composing the perfect message. They can be used at the end of a text message to change its tone, but also have the power to stand…
Athletes asserting their IP rights: Kawhi Leonard gets set for a not so Kawhi’et off-season
After recently defeating one of the greatest NBA dynasties on the court, Raptors star and NBA Finals MVP, Kawhi Leonard is set to take on one of the world’s largest…
Keatley Surveying Ltd v Teranet Inc: The SCC’s Crown Copyright Case
This article was originally posted on theCourt.ca Today (March 29) the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) will hear the intellectual property case of Keatley Surveying Ltd v Teranet Inc, 37863 [Keatley] about the…
Randomly Generated Art Draws Copyright and Trademark Infringement Claims
When Adam Basanta created his art installation “All We’d Ever Need is One Another”, he wanted to explore technological automatization and the commercialization of art. But as he told the…