I had the pleasure earlier today to provide a talk to ALAI on “Copyright The Year in Review 2021-2022. I prepared an annotation of the cases covered which included the following cases:Â
Pyrrha Design Inc. v. Plum and Posey Inc., 2022 FCA 7
Trimble Solutions Corporation v. Quantum Dynamics Inc., 2021 FC 6
Patterned Concrete Mississauga Inc. v. Bomanite Toronto Ltd., 2021 FC 314
Arc En Ciel RH c. Services Swissnova inc., 2021 QCCS 1187, motion to dismiss appeal denied, Arc En Ciel RH c. Services Swissnova inc., 2021 QCCA 1254
August Image LLC v. AirG Inc., 2022 FC 470
Harrison v. Dhunna, 2021 NSSM 8
Storey et al. v. Irwin, et al., 2021 ONSC 5676
Winkler v. Hendley, 2021 FC 498
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation v. Conservative Party of Canada, 2021 FC 425
Proctorio, Incorporated v. Linkletter, 2022 BCSC 400
Ark Innovation Technology Inc. v. Matidor Technologies Inc., 2021 FC 1336
Leguë Architecture Inc. v. Bri-R Constructions inc., 2022 QCCQ 252
SODRAC 2003 Inc. v. CBC, 2021 CB 1
Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Limited v. AMUL Canada, 2021 FC 636
Walcott v. Toronto Transit Commission, 2021 ONCA 358, leave to appeal dismissed, 2022 CanLII 32903 (SCC)
Bouchard v. Ikea Canada, 2021 QCCS 1376
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. v. White (Beast IPTV), 2021 FC 53
Bell Canada v. L3D Distributing Inc. (INL3D), 2021 FC 832
Bell Canada v. Nie, 2022 CanLII 7552
Salna v. Voltage Pictures, LLC, 2021 FCA 176, leave to appeal dismissed May 26, 2022
Allarco Entertainment 2008 Inc v. Staples Canada ULC, 2021 ABQB 340
York University v. Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright), 2021 SCC 32
Stross v. Trend Hunter Inc., 2021 FC 955
Pourshian v. Walt Disney Company, 2021 ONSC 4840
Horizon Comics Productions Inc. c. Marvel Entertainment, 2022 QCCS 966
2424508 Ontario Ltd. v. Rallysport Direct LLC, 2022 FCA 24
Nintendo of America Inc. v. King of Windows Home Improvements Inc., 2021 FC 291
Equustek Solutions Inc. v. Jack, 2021 BCSC 2126
Knowmadics Inc. v. Kathryn Amero et al., 2021 ONSC 2881
Teksavvy Solutions Inc.c. Bell Media Inc., 2021 FCA, leave to appeal dismissed, 2022 CanLII 21665 (SCC)
Canadian Standards Association v. P.S. Knight Co. Ltd, 2022 CanlII 41573 (FC)
91439 Canada ltée (Editions de Mortagne) c. Robillard, 2022 QCCA 76
Lavigne (Valmedia) v. 9061-6632 Québec inc., 2021 QCCQ 13322
Sony Music Entertainement Canada Inc v. Suva Beauty Inc, T-1256-21 Trent Horne J., January 31, 2022 (unreported)
TBV Productions, LLC v. Doe # 1, 2021 FC 181
Agence du revenu du Québec c. Unidisc musique inc., 2021 QCCA 393
The Province of Alberta v. Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency Aylen J, March 16, 2022 (unreported)
For those interested, Copyright, The Year in Review 2021-2022 can be accessed below.
Copyright year in review 2021-2022 (44695470.9) clean