Copyright Act

By Occasional Contributors | < 1 Minute Read December 20, 2018

Bill introducing changes to IP legislation receives swift approval from parliament

Bill C-86, the Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2, (the "Bill") which makes a number of changes to the Trademarks Act, the Patent Act and the Copyright Act as well as introducing the College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents Act became law in Canada after receiving Royal Assent on Dec. 13, 2018.

By Occasional Contributors | 4 Minutes Read October 11, 2018

Rules of the game (Part 1): Copyright protection of video games in Canada

The Canadian Copyright Act does not identify video games as a specific type of work and the courts have not directly stated what type of "work" video games fall under, but the courts have recognized that video games are protected under copyright.

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 2 Minutes Read December 22, 2017

Top 10 most-read Inside Internal Controls posts for 2017 and Season’s greetings

We are signing off with a list of the top 10 most-read Inside Internal Controls posts for 2017. This year on the Inside Internal Controls blog we’ve been covering some of the hot topics in internal controls, governance, information technology, not-for-profit, and business management among others. The top 10 most-read Inside Internal Controls posts for 2017 include: