Copyright

Whether protecting your copyrights or defending them from infringement claims, it’s key to have a trusted, proactive team of advisors who can address complex copyright issues across numerous industries and help achieve your business’s goals.

Our Copyright Group’s experience and multidisciplinary approach provides comprehensive assistance in a range of areas, including:

copyright due diligence
litigating copyright issues
obtaining copyright registration
managing copyright portfolios
copyright protection
anti-piracy and enforcement
government copyright policies and legislation

Businesses trust us to protect, leverage and defend their domestic and international copyright interests. We have particular expertise in the following sectors:

publishing
media
software development
educational institutions
collective rights organizations

Our team represents clients before the provincial courts, the Federal Courts and the Supreme Court of Canada.

Experience

A copyright infringement matter against two Italian companies, alleging infringement of nautical charts. The matter ultimately settled, but we successfully defended a motion for summary trial seeking to dismiss the action for lack of standing in the Court of Appeal, with leave to appeal denied by the Supreme Court of Canada.
Clients in a number of matters, either sending or responding to cease and desist letters relating to alleged infringement of copyright. Most of these have been resolved without going to court.
A Canadian municipality, where an application was launched against the city for allegedly infringing copyright in a photo. The matter settled.

A copyright infringement matter against two Italian companies, alleging infringement of nautical charts. The matter ultimately settled, but we successfully defended a motion for summary trial seeking to dismiss the action for lack of standing in the Court of Appeal, with leave to appeal denied by the Supreme Court of Canada.
Clients in a number of matters, either sending or responding to cease and desist letters relating to alleged infringement of copyright. Most of these have been resolved without going to court.
A Canadian municipality, where an application was launched against the city for allegedly infringing copyright in a photo. The matter settled.