Information Technology & Intellectual Property Law / Entertainment, Media & Communications Law | Original Program Date: September 27, 2016

The evolution of the internet continues to provide challenges for intellectual property (IP) regimes, IP rights holders, and service providers. In fact, the rapid growth and emergence of cloud and streaming services in particular has created unique issues for both IP rights holders and service providers. Join us to explore the opportunities and limitations in protecting IP rights, including:

• Critical advice for drafting business and consumer terms of service to safeguard IP rights
• What remedies are available for a breach of the terms of service?
• Does defeating geo-fencing and circumventing other access controls on a cloud service constitute infringement?
• When is fair-dealing a defence to circumvention of technological protection measures?
• Unraveling the available remedies for circumvention
• What should you do when your client’s content is being illegally streamed?
• How effective is the notice-and-notice system?

PROGRAM CHAIR

Christopher Ferguson, Sirius XM Canada Inc.
David Cummings, Axiom Law
Byron Pascoe, Edwards PC, Creative Law

SPEAKERS

Bram Abramson, Chief Legal & Regulatory Officer, TekSavvy Solutions Inc.
David Fewer, Director, Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
Jay Kerr-Wilson, Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Gisèle Salazar, Labarge Weinstein LLP
Ryan Steeves, Director of Legal Affairs, Music Canada