Knowledge

Copyright, Trademark

Brand Architects: Helping your Clients Protect their Assets

Graphic designers, marketing agencies, product photographers – you are brand architects – you design the brand house that your clients live in and become known by. Part of your responsibility as a brand architect is ensuring that the product you deliver is a unique and protectable business asset. That’s a big responsibility. Read More

Copyright

Music Copyright and Licensing 101

Music Copyright and Licensing 101: How Music Copyright and Licensing Operate in The Evolving Music Marketplace

Let’s face it, consumers today have easier access to music than ever before. There are a multitude of ways to listen to a song in 2018, whether that be via FM radio, Satellite radio, on-demand interactive streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, and Amazon Music, or by traditional media such as CD’s, LP Records, and yes, even AM/FM cassette tapes. Read More

Cannabis, Intellectual Property, Press Releases

Aventum to Participate in Cannabis Conference

OTTAWA, ONTARIO (July 24, 2018). Aventum is excited to be an Exhibitor at the GrowUp Conference & Expo in Niagara Falls, Ontario on September 7-8, 2018. Read More

Press Releases

The Future of Shapiro Cohen has Arrived

OTTAWA, ONTARIO (May 14, 2018). We’re thrilled to announce that Shapiro Cohen LLP is undergoing a significant and exciting transformation. Read More

Copyright, Litigation

The “Every House Needs a Toilet” Argument Goes Down the Drain

Over the past decade or so, the attitude of Canadian courts towards borderline utilitarian copyrighted works has shifted towards recognition of the skill and judgment that makes such works subject to copyright. Read More