Written by Sarah Zivoin with contributions from Tony Duarte and Marian Hebb. To Waive or Not to Waive Moral Rights A creator of an original work acquires the right to…
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Written by Sarah Zivoin. Assignment vs. Licensing Copyright If you have a copyright in your work, that right exists separate and apart from the physical work itself. In other…
Written by Sarah Zivoin. Copyright protects the original expression of ideas in copyright works – not ideas on their own. Thoughts cannot be protected except when in a fixed form,…
Written by Sarah Zivoin with contributions from Tony Duarte and Marian Hebb Assignment vs. Licensing Copyright If you have a copyright in your work, that right exists separate and apart...
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By Paul Sanderson with Tony Duarte, Emmanuel Evdemon and Marian Hebb The Origin of “C.R.E.A.T.I.N.G.” The word checklist “C.R.E.A.T.I.N.G.” spontaneously sprang from a preparatory conference call prior to a seminar…
Intellectual property (IP) refers to certain rights that can be owned in certain types of creations and creative works. IP rights cover a broad range of subject matter, including artistic…
Certain types of copyright-protected works are or can be administered by organizations on behalf of a wide range of copyright owners. These collective organizations may license the use of individual…
It is always important to keep in mind that the copyright in a work may not be owned by the author of that work. Canadian law provides that the author…
Copyright is a form of intellectual property protection that applies for certain types of creative expressions (known as ‘works’). The types of works that may be eligible for copyright protection…
