Jan 18, 2019 · While 2018 was certainly filled with both interesting and bizarre copyright court cases, 2019 promises more of the same. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear two cases: Fourth Estate v. Wall-Street.com, on January 8, and Rimini Street v. Oracle, on January 14. The Fourth Estate case concerns the issue of whether the registration requirement for initiating an infringement suit is satisfied by the “application approach” or the “certificate approach.”
In CCH Canadian Ltd v Law Society of Upper Canada, the Supreme Court ruled that for copyright to subsist in a work it must be original and more than a mere copy of another work. What is necessary is an exercise of skill and judgment - though not necessarily uniquely creative judgment - that involves intellectual labour. That is, if the copyright had been assigned to Kraft Canada (rather than exclusively licensed), parallel importation of a genuinely copyrighted product (rather than the incidental copyright of the chocolate wrapper) would be an infringement according to S. 27(2)(e). Just two months after the end of her second copyright infringement lawsuit, fashion model Jelena Noura "Gigi" Hadid was sued for a third time, on September 13, for copyright infringement for Toward the end of 2018, we also saw several copyright infringement cases filed against Epic Games (the creator of the wildly popular video game Fortnite) and others, alleging infringements of dance moves. So, it looks like 2019 will also be the year we find out the scope of copyright protection afforded to dance moves. For further information on past and current copyright reform and court cases, because the USCO requires a deposit of a copy of the work which can be act as proof in a copyright infringement suit in Canada. MYTH #5: Canada isn't a member of the leading treaty on copyright, the Berne Convention Once a work is protected by copyright in
Damages in copyright infringement cases usually fit into one of three categories. These are actual damages, the infringer’s profits, and statutory damages. Actual damages are perhaps the easiest concept to understand, but these damages can be challenging to calculate.
Aug 26, 2015 · The analysis found that retailers are now one of the top groups of defendants in copyright infringement cases surrounding textile patterns. The top four defendants are Ross Stores, TJX (parent of
Oct 30, 2019 · Just two months after the end of her second copyright infringement lawsuit, fashion model Jelena Noura “Gigi” Hadid was sued for a third time, on September 13, for copyright infringement for
Jan 10, 2018 · Aereokiller [aka FilmOn case] — a case involving whether a service which transmits broadcast television over the internet is eligible for a compulsory license under Section 111 — the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a reversal of the lower court’s decision, held that internet-based retransmission services are not eligible