No Laughing Matter: Copyright Protection for Jokes
Some people just can’t take a joke. Other people have taken jokes, and it has landed them in court. Two recent American copyright cases offer
November 11, 2016
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Category: Ownership
Is This What it Sounds Like when Doves Cry: The PRINCE Act and Canadian Privacy Law
The once proposed PRINCE Act [the Act] has now been set aside after being rushed through the Minnesota state senate. The Act sought to create
June 20, 2016
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Batmobile Declared a Character Deserving of Copyright Protection, Finally Invincible
The U.S. Ninth Circuit court held in DC Comics v Towle (“Towle”) that Mark Towle’s Batmobile replicas infringed DC Comics’ copyrights, and that the Batmobile was a “character”
April 4, 2016
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Tariffbusters: Does the CBC v SODRAC decision debunk the “Mandatory Tariff Theory
Introduction to the panel After two exciting and lively debates on the principle of technological neutrality (see Sebastian Beck-Watt’s coverage here) and reproduction rights (see
March 21, 2016
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Thinking Outside the (Legal) Box: IP Osgoode’s Orphan Works Licensing Portal Hackathon
The Event Over the course of three days in early February 2016, IP Osgoode played host to the Orphan Works Licencing Portal Hackathon, a multidisciplinary
February 18, 2016
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How Authors Can Get Their Rights Back
The commercial lives of the overwhelming majority of books are remarkably short, particularly when you compare the commercial lives of books to the very long
September 28, 2015
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