tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post7221955053316974097..comments2024-03-28T08:10:18.991+00:00Comments on The IPKat: A Kat's 2015 Copyright AwardsVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-49101313303293717872015-12-22T23:13:57.041+00:002015-12-22T23:13:57.041+00:00Cara Eleonora:
I would never admit on this blog t...Cara Eleonora:<br /><br />I would never admit on this blog to being Canadian or from Canada, since Merpel and many of her colleagues have taken to treating Canada over the years as a copyright colony barely worthy of mention.<br /><br />But I’m not ashamed to admit that some of my best friends are Canadian. Moreover, since 2002, the Supreme Court of Canada has produced a dozen notable substantive copyright decisions, and other important decisions relating to jurisdiction over copyright related issues. The Court has also released some very important decisions in patent and trade-marks law during this time.<br /><br />Here is a partial listing:<br /><br />http://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/en/d/s/index.do?cont=&ref=&d1=2002-01-01&d2=2015-12-01&p=&su=8<br /><br />Canada also produced some very well balanced copyright legislation in 2012, the result of which widens even more the lucidity gap between its copyright statute and the UK’s increasingly impenetrable CDPA. Just glancing at it makes me feel nearly catatonic.<br /><br />Once more, it is necessary to remind you, Merpel, your retired and esteemed Primo Gatto Jeremy, if we can garner his attention, purhaps with a little catnip, and your other feline colleagues that Canada is no longer a British colony. While Canada doesn’t have kangaroos, kiwis, or hedgehogs, it does have plenty of beaver, moose and polar bears – which surely prevail both quantitatively and qualitatively on both the size and cuteness scales.<br /><br />And notably, Canada has an excellent and productive Supreme Court, the jurisprudence of which you would do well to study – especially as merry England loses touch with its common law connection.<br /><br />Best wishes from your curmudgeonly cosmopolitan colleague,<br /><br />Merry Christmas, happy holidays and season's greetings,<br /><br />Buon Natale, buone vacanze e saluti della stagione,<br /><br />Uncle Wiggily<br />Uncle Wiggilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-49768833407223029222015-12-22T12:16:29.357+00:002015-12-22T12:16:29.357+00:00Dear Uncle Wiggily,
Many thanks for your gracio...Dear Uncle Wiggily,<br /><br /> Many thanks for your gracious comment. Your remarks are duly noted, and I take the chance to wish you lovely Holidays in beautiful Canada.Eleonora Rosatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05629420303968805446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-11946393141244545392015-12-22T03:46:12.172+00:002015-12-22T03:46:12.172+00:00Cara Eleonora:
We all love Europe with its good f...<br />Cara Eleonora:<br /><br />We all love Europe with its good food, wine, art and architecture. <br /><br />But Europe is not the only place that matters, especially in copyright law. <br /><br />And I'm sad to inform you that, in the common law world, nobody takes Svensson and the linking issue very seriously.<br /><br />Moreover, you have paid scant attention to the USA and Australia. And no attention whatsoever to Canada, where there is reason to believe that you possibly have very devoted fans. However, you have ignored your Canadian devotees this time.<br /><br />There was a very important decision of the Supreme Court of Canada dealing with technological neutrality and whether Copyright Board tariffs are mandatory. See:<br /><br />Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. SODRAC 2003 Inc. <br /><br />http://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/15646/index.do<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />The always cosmopolitan,<br /><br />Uncle WiggilyUncle Wiggilynoreply@blogger.com