Copyright Law in Canada: What You Need to Know

Copyright Law in Canada: What You Need to Know

Lunch ‘n’ Learn hosted by CSUSA’s Southeast Chapter

Since 2012, the Canadian Copyright Act has been amended three separate times and the Supreme Court of Canada has issued no fewer than nine hugely consequential decisions on copyright law. Even as lawyers and judges continue to come to grip with those developments, the Canadian government is engaged in a review of cultural policy that is all but certain to result in more changes to the law – and that’s before the government’s mandatory five-year review of the Copyright Act begins later this year.

Fasten your seat belt as Casey Chisick, a Certified Specialist in Copyright Law at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP in Toronto, helps us navigate the surprisingly bumpy terrain of Canadian copyright law.

Pizza will be provided, but attendees are also welcome to bring their own lunches.

SPEAKER:

Casey Chisick is a partner at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LP in Toronto and is co-chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property and Sports & Entertainment practices.  He is certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Certified Specialist in Intellectual Property (Copyright).  Having worked as a law professor, a jazz promoter and a musician—and even as artistic director of an internationally-renowned folk dance company—Casey offers his clients a combination of recognized expertise in copyright and other intellectual property matters and first-hand experience in the business of entertainment. His diverse practice spans a number of related areas, including intellectual property, entertainment law, communications, advertising and marketing, and fashion and apparel, with particular expertise in the collective administration of copyright. Casey provides transactional advice and litigation counsel to a host of diverse clients in the music, film, television, broadcasting, theatre, advertising, literary, newspaper, visual arts, new media and fashion industries, as well as to a number of top Canadian universities and to general business clients with intellectual property needs

(Mr. Chisick’s full bio is available at http://www.casselsbrock.com/people/Casey_Chisick.)

COST & CLE Information:

There is no fee to attend, but please register by clicking the link above.
Please bring $5 if you intend to request Georgia CLE credit.

1 Georgia CLE Credit Pending State Bar Approval

Parking:

Parking available on site and validation available at event.