Thursday, 19 July 2012

July 12th A Good Day and a Bad Day for Google in France

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Something was decidedly in the air last Thursday (July 12) in this Kat's native Canada and his adopted home of France.  On that day, ...
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The Cat Signal: it's launch day!

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A new lobby group, the Internet Defense League , is launching today to fight so-called copyright crackdown legislation. Members include Mozi...
Tuesday, 17 July 2012

Fair use in the US: the Wiley case and prior art for patents

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From our friend Philippa Malas comes another guest post, this time on a subject that goes right to the core of intellectual property -- the ...
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Romney and Obama: it's just not fair

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A very quick post to relay some news that is making waves over the pond where copyright has reached presidential levels. As part of his ...
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Fleck's Five: SCC ruling no.2 - Photocopies for Primary and Secondary School Instruction

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From our very good friend, lawyer and fellow blogger Lorraine Fleck (Hoffer Adler LLP, Toronto) comes the second of her series of analyses o...
Monday, 16 July 2012

Copyright in an Etched Floral

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A recent spat between UK designer Rachael Taylor and retail giant Marks and Spencer demonstrates just how important it is for designers to p...
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Easy Music Licensing: or will it be ...?

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Last week the 1709 Blog briefly mentioned the draft EU Directive on Music Licensing and Collecting Societies. Phil Sherrell (Bird & ...

Copyright and Innovation: The Untold Story

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"Copyright and Innovation: The Untold Story" is the published result of some research by respected US academic Michael A. Carrier ...