AGENCIES/COMMISSIONS
Canadian Intellectual Property Law OfficeCanadian Intellectual Property Policy Directorate (FRANCAIS)
ARTICLES
A Patently Obvious Threat to E-commerce - Globe and Mail (January 27, 2000)B.C. Court Shores Up Protection for Anticorporate Protest Sites - February 15/01 (Globe and Mail)
Broadcasters Want Copyright Act Changed - March 29/00 - (National Post)
Canadian Copyright and the Internet - article by Avi Pollock
Canadian Tire Isn't Laughing - January 27/01 (Toronto Star)
Canadian Writers Decry Amazon Plan - January 20/01 (Wired)
Canadian Yahoo parody threatened with legal action (January 13, 2000)
Copyright Holders May Rule the Day - August 10/00 (Globe and Mail)
Copyrights, Trademarks and the Internet - 1996 article by Donald Cameron, Tom Onyshko and W. David Castell of Smith Lyons
Easy Listening - Globe and Mail (December 23, 1999)
Fairtunes Has Tip for Recording Artists - August 19/00 (Globe and Mail)
Is Linking Always Legal? The Experts Aren't Sure - August 1999 New York Times article
Like it or Not, Napster and its Kind are Here to Stay - February 14/01 (Globe and Mail)
Link Clash Weakens Web Spirit - August 1999 Globe and Mail article
Napster North of the 49th Parallel - July 27/00 (Globe and Mail)
The New Canadian Copyright Bill - 1997 article by H. Bernard Mayer of Smith Lyons
Trademark Confusion Creeps Into Web Site Content - September 7/00 (Globe and Mail)
Trademark and Copyright Infringement on the Internet - 1997 paper by Richard Owens of Smith Lyons
Vital Ruling Misses Boat on Offshore Servers - Globe and Mail (November 18, 1999)
CASELAW
British Columbia Automobile Association v. Office and Professional Employees' International Union - 2001 B.C. Supreme Court case involving copyright, domains, and meta-tagsConvectair NMT Inc. v. Ouellet Canada - 1999 Quebec Superior Court involving jurisdictional discussion and metatags dispute (French only)
GSW Inc. v. Canada (Registrar of Trademarks) - June 1999 Federal Court case discussing use of Web-based evidence
Guillot v. Arvic Search Services- 2001 Federal Court case involving copyright online
Imax Corp. v. Showmax Inc. - January 2000 Federal Court case discussing linking and framing (IP)
Canada Copyright Board Issues Reasons on Private Copying
Pro-C Limited v. Computer City, Inc. - 2000 Ontario case involving Web-based trademark infringement
Robertson v. Thompson Corp. - 1999 Ontario decision granting class action certification to writers claiming copyright violation for electronic publication of materials
Saskatoon Star Phoenix Group Inc. v. Noton - 2001 Saskatchewan cybersquatting case
Sotramex Inc.v. Sorenviq Inc. - 1998 Quebec Superior Court case involving web copyright violations (French only)
Tariff 22 Decision (PDF file) - 1999 Copyright Board of Canada's first round decision on Internet royalties for online music
CONFERENCES AND SPEECHES
Crown Copyright in Cyberspace - 1995 conference (FRANCAIS)Digital Technology and Copyright - 1995 conference (FRANCAIS)
DATABASES
Canadian Patent Database - (FRANCAIS)
iCRAVETV.COM COVERAGE
Major Broadcasters Upset at Upstart Webcaster - Globe and Mail (December 3, 1999)iCraveTV Lawsuit Could Be Stalling Tactic - Globe and Mail (January 21, 2000)
Canadians To Join iCraveTV Attack - Globe and Mail (January 21, 2000)
iCraveTV Makes Waves - Globe and Mail (January 21, 2000)
Media Giants Target Canadian Maverick - Globe and Mail (January 21, 2000)
Hollywood Seeks to Crush iCraveTV - National Post (January 21, 2000)
Giants Rise to Crush Upstart - Toronto Star (January 22, 2000)
iCraveTV Might Pull Its Signals - Globe and Mail (February 4, 2000)
iCrave Off the Air for Extra 90 Days - Toronto Star (February 9, 2000)
iCraveTV Vows to Restore Service - Globe and Mail (February 17, 2000)
iCraveTV Waves White Flag in Web Rebroadcasting Battle - Globe and Mail (February 29, 2000)
JUMPTV COVERAGE
Broadcasters Seek Time to Counter JumpTV Webcasting - September 28/00 (Newsbytes)Canadian Copyright Review Threatens JumpTV's Plans - May 29/01 (Newsbytes)
Get Ready for Reruns in Battle over On-line TV - March 15/01 (Globe and Mail)
JumpTV Aims To Be The Next iCraveTV - Without Lawsuits - September 15/00 (Newbytes)
JumpTV Considers Webcasting - September 21/00 (Globe and Mail)
JumpTV Poised to Launch iCraveTV-like Service - Really - May 1/01 (Newsbytes)
Montreal Webcaster Pushes Legal Limits - May 14/01 (Toronto Star)
Net Rebroadcasts to be Targeted by Ottawa - May 31/01 (Globe and Mail)
LEGISLATION
Canadian Heritage and Industry Canada Launch Copyright Reform ProcessIndustrial Design Act - (FRANCAIS)
Integrated Circuit Topography Act - (FRANCAIS)
Patent Act - (FRANCAIS)
POLICY PAPERS
A Copy is a Copy: Copyright Issues and the Emerging Information Infrastructure- 1995 ITAA Report (FRANCAIS)Copyright and the Information Highway - 1995 position paper by the Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications
Database Protection and Canadian Laws - 1998 report by Professor Robert Howell of the University of Victoria Law School
Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines - 1999 draft from Competition Bureau (FRANCAIS)
Canadian Competition Bureau IP Guidelines Issued - 2000 final version from Competition Bureau
Internet Copyright Infringement in Canada - 1997 report by Mark Hayes for Industry Canada (FRANCAIS)
ORGANIZATIONS
CAAST - Canadian Alliance Against Software TheftPTIC - Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada (FRANCAIS)
SOCAN - Society of Composers of Authors and Music Publishers of Canada
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