I was very pleased to give a presentation to ALAI Canada on developments in Canadian copyright law (from May 2022-May 2023). Last year’s Annual Copyright Review can be accessed here.
These were the cases I talked about.
IMS Incorporated v. Toronto Regional Real Estate Board, 2023 FCA 70
Audax Architecture Inc. v. McCuaig, 2022 FC 1747
Whitehall Entertainment Incorporated v. Kafka Pictures Inc., 2022 BCPC 184
Fox Restaurant Concepts LLC v. 43 North Restaurant Group Inc., 2022 FC 1149
Tremblay v. Beaupré, 2022 NSSC 219
Daphnis v. Bello, 2022 QCCS 4790
Dermaspark Products Inc v. Patel, 2023 FC 388
Daphnis v. Bello, 2022 QCCS 4790
SOCAN v. Entertainment Software Association, 2022 SCC 30
Linkletter v. Proctorio, Incorporated, 2023 BCCA 160
Voltage Holdings, LLC v. Doe#1, 2022 FC 827
Dermaspark Products Inc v. Patel, F.C. June 6, 2022, Judge Trent Horne (unreported)
Dermaspark Products Inc v. Patel, 2023 FC 388
Henni v Food Network Canada Inc., 2022 BCSC 1711
Bell Media Inc. v. Macciacchera (Smoothstreams.tv), 2022 FC 1139
Bell Media Inc. v. Macciacchera (Smoothstreams.tv), 2022 FC 1602
Rogers Media Inc. v. John Doe 1, 2022 FC 775
Bell Media Inc. v. John Doe 1, 2022 FC 1432
Tétreault v. Boisbriand (City), 2023 FC 168
Wiseau Studio, LLC v. Harper, 2023 FC 354
You can access a PDF copy of my extracts from the 2022-203 copyright cases i talked about below. In case you weren’t at the talk, I focused on the text highlighted in yellow with special emphasis on the text highlighted in blue which was the subject of commentary.
Sookman Copyright year in review 2022-2023. May 4, 2023docx
