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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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