In a decision released recently, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta in Hay v. Platinum Equities, 2012 ABQB 204 granted damages for the appropriation of personality of a “non-celebrity”.
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IPPractice.ca
Canadian Intellectual Property
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Site mentioned on Slaw.ca
The blog, Slaw.ca mentioned the IPPractice.ca website today with regard to the Docket Browser feature. As identified by Ted Tjaden, the IPPractice.ca docket browser includes the docket entries, as well as related court decisions, appeals and the patented medicine where it can be identified. Ted Tjaden maintains a list of Canadian courts that maintain online [...]
BCSC on copyright, website terms of use and scraping
The B.C. Supreme Court released a decision last week in Century 21 Canada Limited Partnership v. Rogers Communications Inc., 2011 BCSC 1196 involving allegations that Zoocasa improperly scraped content from Century 21′s online real estate listings. In a lengthy decision, the court dismissed the claim for trespass to chattels, granted nominal damages for breach of [...]