Copyright Legislation & Commentary, 2024 Edition
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Stay on top of the latest changes to the copyright world
Copyright Legislation & Commentary, 2024 Edition is fully updated to give you an overview of the latest changes affecting copyright law and practice in Canada.
This desktop reference for IP practitioners, agents and clerks brings together the full text of the Copyright Act and Regulations, the Industrial Design Act and Regulations, and the Integrated Circuit Topography Act and Regulations, plus related material. The year in review and introductory commentary by The Honourable Roger T. Hughes, KC and Susan Peacock fully updates readers on legislative and jurisprudential developments.
Features and Benefits:
- Introductory commentary – Gain an overview of both the legislative and jurisprudential framework for copyright practice in Canada
- Year in review – Discover major recent developments and their implications on copyright practice
- Full text of key legislation and pertinent material – Locate essential copyright information with no need to search elsewhere
New Edition Highlights
The 2024 Edition features a 2023 Year in Review, summarizing recent developments in legislation and jurisprudence, including discussion of:
- Recent decisions of the Federal Court of Canada with respect to owners of copyright in cinematographic works, personal liability for infringement of officers, directors or shareholders of infringing companies, limited remedies for infringement of copyright in plush toys which are useful articles, jurisdiction of the Federal Court where the only issue was the amount payable to a collective society under a contract, punitive and exemplary damages, and statutory damages
- A recent decision of the Federal Court of Appeal ordering incarceration for contempt by a copyright infringer
- A recent decision of the Copyright Board of Canada refusing to issue a licence when the owner was unlocatable but was listed in Schedule 1 of the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations
- New Rules of Practice and Procedure for practice before the Copyright Board
- Amendments to the Copyright Act redefining, with respect only to certain sections of the Act, the definitions of “programming undertaking” and “broadcasting undertaking”
- The implication of copyright law by the coming into force of the Online News Act
Who Uses This Consolidation?
- Intellectual property lawyers who need to stay abreast of the latest developments in copyright law
- Intellectual property agents/clerks who must have instant access to pertinent legislation and related material for completing copyright applications and processing claims
- Intellectual property trainees/students who need an overview of copyright law
- Large business corporations and in-house counsel who need to protect their own copyrights and industrial designs
- Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Industry Canada, the Copyright Board of Canada and the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada who must have instant access to key legislation and material in delivering current programs and services
- Year in Review
Table des matières
Copyright
Commentary
Copyright Act
Universal Copyright Convention
Berne Convention (Paris Text 1971, as amended on September 28, 1979
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
WIPO Copyright Treaty
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (as it relates to copyright)
Copyright Regulations
Industrial Design
Commentary
Industrial Design Act
Industrial Design Regulations
Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (as it relates to industrial designs)
Integrated Circuit Topography
Commentary
Integrated Circuit Topography Act
Integrated Circuit Topography Regulations