Ownership
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 brands off the court. On June 3, in the middle of the NBA Finals, Leonard filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of California […]
Don’t Tread on Me (or My ISP): Rogers v Voltage Pictures
I’m sure you’ve never accessed material online without proper permissions from the copyright holder, but, given the number of them that go out, chances are you or someone you know (or their spam folder) has received an email along the following lines: [Your ISP] has received a notice from a content owner that alleges an […]
Balancing FRAND Commitments and Corporate Interests: Innovative SMEs Square Up Against Industry-leading Standard Essential Patent (SEP) Portfolios
This past summer, several of our members had the opportunity to attend the Canadian Telecom Summit hosted in Toronto featuring a wide-range of discussions ranging from expansions in telecommunication protocols to the implications of privacy and data security in the technology sphere. Among other topics was the discussion surrounding the emergence of Internet of Things […]
Academics Against Press Publishers’ Right: 169 European Academics Warn Against It
Click here to read the original post from the Institute for Information Law. Academics from all over Europe give a final warning against the ill-conceived plans for the introduction of a new intellectual property right in news. Read the full letter here in pdf, or below. Statement from EU Academics on Proposed Press Publishers’ Right We, […]
The Toronto Housing Market Just Got Crazier!
Although the Toronto housing market may be constantly scrutinized by the Canadian media, it is not often that a copyright infringement case becomes a matter for public consumption. However, the Toronto Star published an Article reporting a settlement between homeowners regarding the alleged infringement of an architectural work.[1] Despite settling, the facts highlight two common […]
Hollywood Lawsuit May Have Blockbuster Results
US tech incubator, Rearden LLC, has been engaged in a drawn-out battle over its facial motion-capture technology, MOVA Contour. The disputed software was used to create the famous faces of Beast from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Thanos from Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, to name just a few. But little did these movie […]