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COPYRIGHT AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGN DEVELOPMENTS 2013
Presented by
Glen Bloom Barry Sookman
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP McCarthy Ttrault LLP
Barristers & Solicitors Barristers & Solicitors
Patent & Trade-mark Agents Patent & Trade-mark Agents
Ottawa, Ontario Toronto, Ontario
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THE YEAR IN REVIEW
LAW SOCIETY OF UPPER CANADA
Toronto: January 16, 2014
Ottawa, January 17, 2014
2014 Glen Bloom and Barry Sookman
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INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 1
JURISPRUDENCE ........................................................................................................................ 3
COPYRIGHT ................................................................................................................................. 3
1. Supreme Court of Canada ...................................................................................... 3
(a) Cinar Corporation v. Robinson, 2013 SCC 73 .......................................... 3
2. Federal Court of Appeal....................................................................................... 10
(a) Nautical Data International, Inc. v. C-Map USA Inc., 2013 FCA 63 ...... 10
(b) National Gallery of Canada v. Canadian Artists Representation /
Le Front Des Artistes Canadiens, 2013 FCA 64...................................... 10
(c) Manitoba v. Access Copyright, 2013 FCA 91 ......................................... 13
(d) Leuthold v. Canadian Broadcasting Association, 2013 FCA 95 ............. 14
(e) Doris Tremblay v. Orio Canada Inc., 2013 FCA 225 .............................. 14
(f) Domenic Pub v. Premium Sports Broadcasting Inc., 2013 FCA 288 ...... 15
3. Other Appellate Decisions ................................................................................... 16
(a) R. v. Strowbridge, 2013 NLCA 57 .......................................................... 16
(b) Nova Scotia v. Rou, 2013 NSCA 94 ...................................................... 16
4. Federal Court ....................................................................................................... 17
(a) Doris Tremblay v. Orio Canada Inc., 2013 FC 109 ................................. 17
(b) The Spangler Candy Company v. 3651410 Canada Inc., 2013 FC
253............................................................................................................ 18
(c) Planification-Organisation-Publications Systmes (POPS) Lte v.
9054-8181 Qubec Inc., 2013 FC 427 ..................................................... 18
(d) Pinto v. Bronfman Jewish Education Centre et al., 2013 FC 945 ........... 19
(e) Distrimedic Inc v. Dispill Inc, 2013 FC 1043 .......................................... 19
(f) Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation v. Nicholas Hernandez et
al., T-1618-13 (Unreported) ..................................................................... 20
5. Other Decisions of First Instance ......................................................................... 21
(a) Rou v. Nova Scotia, 2013 NSSC 45 ...................................................... 21
(b) Rou v. Nova Scotia, 2013 NSSC 254 .................................................... 21
(c) Canada (United States of America) v. Equinix Inc., 2013 ONSC
193............................................................................................................ 22
(d) Delta Hotels v. Backus-Naur, 2013 ONSC 582 ....................................... 23
(e) A.G.C. v. Madeleine Rundle c.o.b. NEC Plus Ultra, 2013 ONSC
2747.......................................................................................................... 23
(f) Rains v. Molea, 2013 ONSC 5016 .......................................................... 24
(g) Spanski Enterprises, Inc. et al. v. IMB+ Records Inc., 2013 ONSC
5382.......................................................................................................... 26
(h) Mobin v. Stephens, 2013 ONCJ 53 ......................................................... 26
(i) Oakcraft Homes Inc. v. Ecklund, [2013] O.J. No. 3215 (OSCJ) ............. 26
(j) Pelchat v. Zone 3 Inc., 2013 QCCS 78 .................................................... 27
(k) Biocad Medical Inc. v. Panthera Dentaire Inc., 2013 QCCS 905 ............ 28
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(l) Boire v. Lefebvre, 2013 QCCQ 921 ........................................................ 28
(m) Tency Music SAS v. Lefranois, 2013 QCCS 1947 ................................ 29
(n) Isle-Principia (USA) Inc. v. Guimond, 2013 QCCS 3730 ....................... 30
(o) Bell Media Inc. v. Socit du Droit de Reproduction des Auteurs
Compositeurs et Editeurs au Canada, 2013 QCCS 5203 ......................... 30
(p) Gestion Reper Inc. v. Brassard, 2013 QCCS 5453 .................................. 31
(q) Stoyanova v. Disques Mile End, 2013 QCCS 5631 ................................ 31
(r) ditions Qubec Amrique Inc. v. Druide Informatique Inc., 2013
QCCS 5693 .............................................................................................. 32
(s) Chlin v. Girouard, 2013 QCCQ 8742 .................................................... 33
(t) (AOM) NA Inc. et al. v. Reveal Group, 2013 ONSC 8014 ..................... 33
6. Copyright Board................................................................................................... 34
(a) Society For Reproduction Rights Of Authors, Composers And
Publishers In Canada v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,
Copyright Board of Canada, January 16, 2013 ........................................ 34
(b) Statement Of Royalties To Be Collected By Access Copyright For
The Reprographic Reproduction, In Canada, Of Works In Its
Repertoire (Education Institutions 2005-2009), Copyright Board
of Canada (Redetermination), January 18, 2013 ..................................... 35
(c) Statement Of Royalties To Be Collected By Access Copyright For
The Reprographic Reproduction, In Canada, Of Works In Its
Repertoire (Educational Institutions 2010-2015), Copyright
Board of Canada, May 29, 2013 .............................................................. 36
(d) Statement Of Royalties To Be Collected For The Retransmission
Of Distant Television And Radio Signals For The Years 2009 to
2013, Copyright Board of Canada, November 29, 2013 ......................... 37
(e) Statement of Royalties to be Collected by ERCC from Educational
Institutions, in Canada, for the Reproduction and Performance of
Works or Other Subject-Matters Communicated to the Public by
Telecommunication for the Years 2012 to 2016, Copyright Board
of Canada, December 19, 2013 ................................................................ 38
(f) Interim Tariff For The Retransmission Of Distant Television And
Radio Signals, 2014-2018, Copyright Board of Canada, December
19, 2013.................................................................................................... 38
(g) Tariff of Levies to be Collected by CPCC in 2012, 2013 and 2014
on the Sale of Blank Audio Recording Media, in Canada, in
Respect of the Reproduction for Private Use of Musical Works
Embodied in Sound Recordings, of Performers Performances of
Such Works Or of Sound Recordings in Which Such Works and
Performances are Embodied (Private Copying 2012, 2013 and
2014), Copyright Board of Canada, August 30, 2013 ............................. 38
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(h) Statement Of Royalties To Be Collected By SOCAN For The
Public Performance Or The Communication To The Public By
Telecommunication, In Canada, Of Musical Or Dramatico-Musical
Works (Tariff No. 24 Ringtones (2003-2005), Ringtones and
Ringbacks (2006-2013), Copyright Board of Canada, January 18,
2013.......................................................................................................... 40
(i) Statement Of Royalties To Be Collected By SODRAC For The
Reproduction, In Canada, Of Musical Works Embodied Into
Cinematographic Works For The Purposes Of Distribution Of
Copies Of The Cinematographic Works For Private Use Or Of
Theatrical Exhibition For The Years 2009 To 2012 (SODRAC
Tariff No. 5), Copyright Board of Canada, July 5, 2013 ......................... 41
INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS ............................................................................................................ 42
1. Federal Court ....................................................................................................... 42
(a) Zero Spill Systems (Intl) Inc. v. 614248 Alberta Ltd. (Lea-Der
Coatings), 2013 FC 616 ........................................................................... 42
(b) Bodum USA, Inc. v. Trudeau Corporation (1889) Inc., 2013 FC
128............................................................................................................ 43
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