Pourshian v. Walt Disney Company, 2019 ONSC 5916
Jurisdiction | Ontario |
Judge | Master Graham |
Citation | 2019 ONSC 5916 |
Docket Number | 15 October 2019 |
Court | Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada) |
Date | 15 October 2019 |
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Wednesday: What’s Hot on CanLII
...so pursuant to some lawful authority. (Check for commentary on CanLII Connects) 2. Pourshian v. Walt Disney Company, 2019 ONSC 5916 [40] As stated above, all of the defendants are incorporated in and have their principal places of business in the United States. There are no allegations in t......
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Copyright & Colourable Imitation Inside Out Or Upside Down?
...the California Northern District Court in California (U.S.A.) (case NO, 5:18-cv-3624) and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Canada) (2019 ONSC 5916), Pourshian's Inside Out tells the story of the reactions of a boy named Lewis to events in his everyday life, through anthropomorphized r......
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Copyright Fight: Hollywood versus a Film School Project
...interesting case of Pourshian v. Walt Disney Company, 2019 ONSC 5916 (CanLII), plaintiff Mr. Pourshian says that in 1998, while in high school, he conceived the idea of a film in which a character’s internal organs (Heart, Stomach, Colon, Bladder and Brain), were portrayed as personified ch......
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Quarterly Copyright Blog #8
...or resiliation or a sale or disposition made by a receiver of an insolvent person or a bankrupt. Pourshiam v. Walt Disney Company 2019 ONSC 5916 In this case the court applied Club Resorts Ltd. v Van Breda 2012 SCC 17 and found that the fact the defendant carried on business in Ontario and ......
3 firm's commentaries
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Copyright & Colourable Imitation Inside Out Or Upside Down?
...the California Northern District Court in California (U.S.A.) (case NO, 5:18-cv-3624) and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Canada) (2019 ONSC 5916), Pourshian's Inside Out tells the story of the reactions of a boy named Lewis to events in his everyday life, through anthropomorphized r......
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Copyright Fight: Hollywood versus a Film School Project
...interesting case of Pourshian v. Walt Disney Company, 2019 ONSC 5916 (CanLII), plaintiff Mr. Pourshian says that in 1998, while in high school, he conceived the idea of a film in which a character’s internal organs (Heart, Stomach, Colon, Bladder and Brain), were portrayed as personified ch......
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Quarterly Copyright Blog #8
...or resiliation or a sale or disposition made by a receiver of an insolvent person or a bankrupt. Pourshiam v. Walt Disney Company 2019 ONSC 5916 In this case the court applied Club Resorts Ltd. v Van Breda 2012 SCC 17 and found that the fact the defendant carried on business in Ontario and ......