“I Got [Royalties] Babe”: Cher Sues Mary Bono

Legendary: Anita Baker Reclaims Masters

Copyright Ownership of Movies and Films in Canada: Who's on First?

Patenting Inventions Produced in the Course of Employment: Rights and Obligations of Private and Public Sector Employees in Canada

Intellectual Property of Software: Laws and Protections for Developers

NFT, A New Crypto Trend For Digital Arts

US District Court Inks Landmark Decision: Celebrity, Implied Licences and Tattoo Ownership

The Toronto Housing Market Just Got Crazier!

Although the Toronto housing market may be constantly scrutinized by the Canadian media, it is not often that a copyright infringement case becomes a matter for public consumption. However, the Toronto Star published an Article reporting a settlement between homeowners regarding the alleged infringement of an architectural work.[1] Despite settling, the facts highlight two common […]

Hollywood Lawsuit May Have Blockbuster Results

US tech incubator, Rearden LLC, has been engaged in a drawn-out battle over its facial motion-capture technology, MOVA Contour. The disputed software was used to create the famous faces of Beast from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Thanos from Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, to name just a few. But little did these movie […]

Blockchain: Revolutionizing Content Creation, Registry and Dissemination in the Creative Industry

People often inadvertently refer to “Bitcoin” when they actually mean blockchain, perhaps largely because the Bitcoin cryptocurrency was the first application of blockchain. But, blockchain is more than cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency is a type of digital asset implemented using the blockchain technology. The blockchain technology allows cryptocurrencies to be stored and transferred on a distributed ledger using […]