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Goodmans LLP
As reported by Reuters and BNN Breaking, Warner Music, Sony Music and their subsidiaries (the "Major Music Labels") have reportedly filed a lawsuit against Altice USA ("Altice")...
DLA Piper
Chances are the last time you were waiting in a doctor's office, shopping in a retail store, having a drink at a bar, or waiting on hold on the phone, you were listening to music.
Goodmans LLP
Spotify, the popular music streaming service, has been experimenting with AI-generated playlists created with prompts.
PCK Intellectual Property
Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems, such as ChatGPT and DABUS, have sparked debates about their potential role in patenting new inventions.
McMillan LLP
In May 2023, the Copyright Board of Canada (the "Board") announced its completion of Phase 1 of its Modernization Initiative. Particularly, Phase 1 had included the Board's implementation...
Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP
In Cernjul v. The Nordic Insurance Company of Canada, 2023 ONSC 559, the Ontario Superior Court (the "Court") examined the issues of whether loud music played from a motor vehicle's speakers...
Cassels
On May 4, 2023, Ed Sheeran won his years-long copyright dispute with the heirs of Ed Townsend, who co-wrote the 1973 hit, Let's Get It On. A jury determined that Sheeran's...
Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP
When the business and arts communities come together, it benefits the city as a whole. Alex Sarian, President and CEO of BD&P's long-term partner Arts Commons...
Miller Thomson LLP
Developments in artificial intelligence ("AI") have excited people across industries for years—in 2017, PwC projected that AI would contribute over USD$15 trillion to the global economy by 2030...
Smart & Biggar
Recently Guillaume Lavoie Ste-Marie spoke on the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and IP protection for AI-generated works as a guest on Canadian IP Voices...
Lenczner Slaght LLP
The use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) is on the rise and is receiving significant attention across disciplines and industries. The impact of generative AI spans various fields...
McMillan LLP
Online music service ("OMS") providers scored a win on July 15, 2022, with the Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC") decision in Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada ("SOCAN")...
Cox & Palmer
Two or more songwriters sit down… armed with guitars and a notepad… intending to change the world with a great song.
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
In part three of the series, we began to discuss the evidence that the physical masters are a significant asset to the owner by looking at the concept of remastering to keep up...
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
In the first article of this series, we outlined Revenu Québec's argument that the master tapes (without the associated copyright) held no value. In contrast, Unidisc argued that the physical medium held all the value.
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
In the first article of this series, we mentioned that the copyright in a master recording is not a single copyright. There are different forms of copyright that exist and are often held...
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
The ownership and sale of music masters is a frequent topic in the news. Some artists, such as Kanye West and Taylor Swift, are taking great pains to reacquire their own masters from their labels...
Fasken
Fasken successfully represented several of the respondents before the Supreme Court of Canada in Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association...
Bereskin & Parr LLP
In the Final Action, the Examiner rejected all claims in the application as being directed to unpatentable subject matter and lacking utility.
Cox & Palmer
Being presented with a contract in the music industry, whether a big deal or small, can be both exciting and anxiety inducing.
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