2.A. Object (Sign, Invention, Work, Design) - LSA McGill

Intellectual Property
Nafay Choudhury
Fall 2009
I. INTRODUCTION 4
Brief History of IP 7
Property Outside In and Inside Out 8
Out : International Instruments 8
Paris Convention: articles 1-12 8
WCT: 1-12 8
Berne Convention: 1-16 8
TRIPS: 1-40 8
In : Constitutional Grounds, CVL and CML 14
1. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND IP 14
Kirkbi AG v. Ritvik Holdings Inc., 2005 SCC 65 14
2. FEDERAL SCHIZOPHRENIA / CONCURRENT JURISDICTION 17
Desputeaux v. Éditions Chouette (1987) inc., 2003 SCC 17, [2003] 1
S.C.R. 178 18
Constitutionalizing IP? 21
Fencing Polymorphous Intangibles 22
Tri-Tex Co (Pf/App) v. Ghaly (Df/Res) Nuss J. - CAQ [1999] CB 187 22
Fundamentals: TM, C, P, ID 24
David Vaver, Intellectual Property Rights 27 2. OBJECT OF PROTECTION AND CONDITIONS 28 2.A. Object (Sign, Invention, Work, Design) 28
Signs (2, 4 TMA) 28
Accessoires d'Autos Nordiques Inc. v. Canadian Tires Corp. 2007 FCA 30
Libertel, C-104/01, [2003] ECR 31
2. DISTINGUISHING GUISE 32
T-Rex Véhicules inc. c 6155235 Canada inc 2008 QCCA 947 32
3. OFFICIAL TRADEMARKS 34
4. CERTIFICATION TM 35
Institut national des appellations d'origine des vins v. Andres Wine
Ltd., O.R. 35
Inventions (2, 27(8) PA) 36
1. LIFE FORMS 36
Monsanto Canada Inc. v. Schmeiser [2004] SCC 36
Harvard College v. Canada (Mouse Case), [2002] S.C.C. 38
2. METHODS OF [INVENTIONS] 39
In re Bilski, 545 F.3d 943, 88 U.S.P.Q.2d 1385 (Fed. Cir. 2008) 40
Works (2, 15(1), 18(1), 21(1) CA) 41
1. IDEA/EXPRESSIONS 41
Cummings c. Canwest Global Broadcasting Inc, 2007 QCCA 338 42
Aldrich v. One Stop Video Ltd., 1987 CanLII 2766 (BC S.C.) 43
2. MUSICAL WORK : White-Smith Music v. Apollo Co (1908) US Supreme Court
44
3. SOFTWARE 44
Apple Computer v. Mackintosh Computers (1990) SCC 45
4. COMPLIATION 45
Tele-Direct (Publications) v. American Business Information, [1998]
F.C.A. 46
DESIGNS (62 CA ; 2, 5.1, 6 Indust. Des. Act) 46
Industries Lumio (Canada) Inc. c. Dusablon [2007] QCCS 1204 46 2.B. Conditions: Originality, Use, Fixation 49
Copyright: Originality & Fixation 50
Drassinower - Sweat of the Brow, Creativity and Authorship 50
Canadian Admiral Corporation Ltd. v. Rediffusion Inc., [1954] Ex. CR
382, 20 CPR 75 52
Trademark : Use, distinctiveness, formalities 54
Patent: novelty, usefulness, non-obviousness 57
Whirlpool Corp. v. Camco Inc. 2000 SCC 67 59
Shell Oil Co. v. Commissioner of Patents [1982] 2 S.C.R. 536 62
Tennessee Eastman Co. v. Canada (Commissioner of Patents), [1974]
S.C.C., CB I p. 387 63
Industrial Design 64 3. SCOPE OF PROTECTION 64 3.A. Rights 64
Copyright (3(1), 27(1) CA) 64
1. COPYRIGHT 64
Theberge v. Galerie d'Art du Petit Champlain, [2002] S.C.C. 65
Infopaq International A/S v. Danske Dagblades Forening 2009 Germany
(ECJ) 70
Directmedia Publishing GmbH 2008 Germany [OPTIONAL] 71
2. COMMUNICATION BY TELECOMMUNICATION RIGHT & AUTHORIZATION 72
Society of Composers v. Canadian Assn. of Internet Providers, 2004 SCC
45 [2004] 73
3. MORAL RIGHTS 75
Snow v. Eaton Centre. Ltd, Ont High Court of Justice (1982) 75
Arrêt no 125 du 30 janvier 2007, [2007] Cour de Cassation - 1ère chambre
civile 76
Trademark (7, 19, 20, 22 TMA) 77
1. RIGHT TO USE "IN CONNECTION WITH" 77
Pro-C Ltd. v. Computer City, [2001] Ont. C.A., CB II p. 401 78
2. PASSING OFF AND s. 7 79
Consumers Distributing v. Seiko, 1984 SCC 79
3. DILUTION AND s. 22 81
Clairol International v. Thomas Supply & Equipment Co. [1968] Exchequer
Court Canada 81
Patent (42 PA) 83
Free World Trust v. Electro Sante Inc. 2000 CSC 66 [2000] 83 3.B. Exceptions and Defences 85
Copyright 85
1. FAIR DEALING 85
CCH Canadian Ltd. V. Law Society of Upper Canada, 2004 SCC 13, [2004] 1
S.C.R. 339 86
Productions Avanti Ciné Vidéo Inc. c. Favreau, [1999] QC C.A . 87
2. PRIVATE COPY (80 CA) 88
Canadian Storage Media Alliance, (2004) CAF 424 89
3. FREEDOM OF SPEECH/EXPRESSION 92
Michelin-Michelin & Cie v. CAW, [1997] 2 F.C. 306 (TD) 92
Trademark - Parody (20 TMA) 94
British Columbia Automobile Assn. v. O.P.E.I.U., Local 378, 2001 BCSC
156 94
Patent Law - Public Order 96 4. INITIAL SEISIN 97
Co-ownership 97
Creation of employees 98
Fox c. Von Huene, [2000] J.Q. no 3023 99
In re Trademarks: confusion as to the source 100
Cross Canada Auto Body Supply v. Hyundai Autopart Canada 2007 Federal
Court 101 5. IP ECOSYSTEM 103
Euro-Excellence Inc. v. Kraft Canada Inc., 2007 SCC 37 103
Volkswagen Canada v. Access International [2001] FCA 107 Extras 110
La nature du droit d'auteur selon le nouveau Code civil --Gendreau
110
OPTIONAL: Fardad c. Corporation de l'école polytechnique de Mtl. [2007]
QCCS 5430 112 September 2, 2009
I. INTRODUCTION International conventions set the standard for international copyright
issue. CVL:
What is an unfair competition provision in the code? - Civil liability!
1457! Simple. In CML:
In CML, there is a tort of "passing off". Tort of affiliation. For the circulation of goods, it is essential to have IP for international
trade, etc.
Shifting face of copyright - extension of copy-right into new areas such as
performers, producers, and others. Copyright on the technology chips that one finds. IP rights fall into the federal jurisdiction. However, contractual
agreement are in provincial. Monopoly, property, or what?
The principle of copyright is this. It is a tax on readers for the
purpose of giving a bounty to writers. The tax is an exceedingly bad
one; it is a tax on one of the most innocent and most salutary of
human pleasures; and never let us forget, that a tax on innocent
pleasures is a premium on vicious pleasures -- Thomas Macaulay, 1841 Adam Smith betrayal?
Some [monopolies] inde(e)d are harmless enough. Thus the inventor of a
new machine or any other invention has the exclusive priviledge of
making and vending that invention for the space of 14 years by the law
of the country (Statute of Monopolies, 21 James I, c.3, 1623), as
reward for his ingenuity, and it is probable that this is as equal an
one as could be fallen upon. For if the legislature should appoint
pecuniary rewards for the inventors of new machines, etc., they would
hardly ever be so precisely proportioned to the merit of the invention
as this is. For here, if the invention be good and such as is
profitable to mankind, he will probably make a fortune by it; but if
it be of no value he also will reap no benefit. In the same manner the
author of a new book has an exclusive priviledge of publishing and
selling his book for 14 years (8 Anne, c.19, 1709).
Adam SMITH, Lectures on Jurisprudence, 1760 Often, the lifetime of a patent will be the life of the individual with as
addition of 40, 50 or some other number of years.
September 9, 2009 [JELENA NOTES] A sophisticated world
. Legal response to an ever-changing technology
. System(s) of exclusion of many facets, IP being one o