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Royalties in Online Copyright Content – SOCAN v Entertainment Software Canada et al
Royalties in Online Copyright Content – SOCAN v Entertainment Software Canada et al

If the Court were to permit two royalties to apply to online copyright content that is either downloaded or streamed, the principle of technological neutrality[4] would be violated.

Pros, Cons of Blockchain Smart Contracts in IP Transactions

Author: Marsha Simone Cadogan, MSC IPTL To read the article in Lawyers Daily, click here.

Trademark Rights and Domain Name Disputes: Reminders from Parsons

A recently decided Federal Court case (Parsons Inc. v Khan) brings to mind how important it is for businesses to monitor their trademarks in digital platforms, especially as it relates to cyber squatting.

Audio-visual Performances and Economic Rights – The Beijing Treaty

To read this recently published article written by Marsha S. Cadogan, visit The Lawyers Daily at https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/21747

Global IP cases in 2019 and Implications for the future of International IP

To read this article published by the Les Cahiers De Propriete Intellectuelle and written by Marsha Cadogan and Konstantia Koutouki, visit the journal’s website here.

Relationships, issues around intellectual property, emerging technologies

This article was originally published by The Lawyer’s Daily, (www.thelawyersdaily.ca) a division of LexisNexis Canada.” Author: Marsha S. Cadogan | 3 min read What is the relationship between emerging technologies and intellectual property (IP)? Innovations…

CIPR Vol#35: Prospects and Limits of Blockchain Technologies in Global Protection of Food-based GIs

Authored by Marsha S. Cadogan, the article on blockchain technologies intersection with geographical indications is available for download from IPIC’s Canadian Intellectual Property Review webpage (published March 11, 2020). The article deals with (i) blockchain…

What the Lisbon Agreement means for Geographical Indications Protection

Recent news that the European Union (EU) will join the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications, ( Lisbon Agreement ) on Feb. 26, 2020, has once again put a spotlight on GI designations

Blockchain & Intellectual Property: Three Intersections for 2020

2020 is bound to be a year marked with the development of greater and more sophisticated technologies. This will likely be the same narrative in the blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DTL) space. What are the most relevant relationships between intellectual property and blockchain and DTL?