2012 Copying Copyright Law Fair Use 
IP and Legal Filings
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
The availability of a large variety of information has also increased the risk of Copyright Infringement due to its easy accessibility and dissemination. This has led to varying degrees of copyright infringements in this digital era.
Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog
NOVEMBER 27, 2021
The Doctrine of Fair Use is a concept that originates from the case of Folsom vs. Marsh. Justice Story observed in his judgement, when the courts of law decide on cases like this, they must look to the nature and objects of the selection mode, the quantity and value of material used. Percentage of Original Material Used.
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IPilogue
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
This past Monday, Osgoode’s very own Professor David Vaver delivered the 2021 Brace lecture on “User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond” as the series’ very first international speaker from outside the United States. That anyone’s use of a copyright-protected work infringes the copyright owner’s property.
SpicyIP
JUNE 26, 2024
On a broad reading, there seems to be an obvious conflict of two areas of law, where the RPwD Act mandates fundamental access to all content but the Copyright Act grants the author the right to control how their works are copied.
IP and Legal Filings
JUNE 29, 2024
In the absence of a separate law safeguarding personality rights, the court granted relief by invoking passing off as governed under the Trade Marks law. Copyright laws also provide plausible remedies for enforcing one’s right to personality. So, various courts have over the time drawn a clear line in this regard.
The IPKat
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Background As previously reported by the IPKat last year, VEGAP, a collective management organisation for intellectual property rights in Spain, brought a claim against Punto Na SA, the IP holding company for the well-known clothing brand Mango, seeking compensation in respect of the alleged infringement of copyright in certain artworks.
Michael Geist
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
In doing so, they have relied on a steady diet of misleading claims about the state of the law, the licensing practices of Canadian educational institutions, the importance (or lack thereof) of copying of materials in course packs, and the effects of fair dealing. These claims are grounded in multiple inaccuracies.
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