Manitoba eLaw – New Edition – Business Law Update

by | Mar 9, 2018 | Commentary, Law Society Publications, Legal Research

The latest edition of Business Law from Manitoba eLaw is now live! Some of the articles in Issue No. 82, March 2018 include:

  • “Something More Than Nothing” Required to Discharge Duty: SCC
  • BLA Does Not Apply to Contracts or Work Related to Hydro Project: MBQB
  • Oppression Remedy Not Suited to Addressing Family Dispute: MBQB
  • Legislative Update
  • Federal Budget 2018
  • Consultation on Modernizing The Builders’ Liens Act: MLRC
  • Consultation Paper on Reviewing AML and ATF Regimes: Department of Finance

 

New book display: Fair Use/Dealings Week

by | Feb 26, 2018 | Copyright, Intellectual Property Law, Legal Research

A book display with three books, on two levels of a bookcase. In the middle is a sign that says "New and featured books: Fair Dealings Week". Book titles are in the blog post.In honour of Fair Use/Fair Dealings week, here are some of the resources available in the Great Library:

Print

  • The Annotated Copyright Act by Normand Tamaro (Thomson Reuters, 2017)
  • Intellectual Property Litigation : Forms and Precedents by Paul V. Lomic (LexisNexis, 2016)
  • Intellectual Property Journal (Vol. 1-28, 1984-2016)

E-Books

*You must be signed in to the Law Society of Manitoba’s Member’s Portal before you are able to view these e-resources. If you are outside of Manitoba, please get in touch with your respective Law Society Library.

Articles & Websites
The following resources are freely available online for anyone to view:

  • Fair Dealing Canada – Resource hub for fair dealing in Canada
  • Michael Geist‘s website
  • Howard Knopf’s website, “Excess Copyright”
  • Here Come The Copyright Bots For Hire, With Lawyers In Tow by Steven Mendelez
    • “Anyone can now find infringers, send take-down requests, and quickly demand thousands in damages. Can the trolls be far behind?”
  • The Saga of Canada’s “Making Available Right” in Three Acts by Cameron Hutchison
    • “Enter our protagonist – the “making available right” [MAR] – which effectively identifies the point of upload as the situs of infringement, thus promising to remedy this situation. The uploader is the one who perpetrates infringement and this entity is now deterred from doing this for fear of being sued. […] it matters not whether the work uploaded is ultimately streamed or copied – we have “our man” and we do not need to worry about those downstream parties.”
  • Slaw also has an entire category dedicated to Intellectual Property

Fair Use/Fair Dealings Week Feb 26-Mar 2

by | Feb 22, 2018 | Copyright, Intellectual Property Law

A logo with an interlocking circle on the left and text on the right in two shades of blue that says "Fair Dealing Week".

Next week is Fair Use/Fair Dealings Week, a week to inform, educate, and celebrate the concepts of Fair Use (United States) and Fair Dealings (Canada) as well as in other countries.

As described by fairuseweek.org,

Fair use and fair dealing are essential limitations and exceptions to copyright, allowing the use of copyrighted materials without permission from the copyright holder under certain circumstances. Fair use and fair dealing are flexible doctrines, allowing copyright to adapt to new technologies. These doctrines facilitate balance in copyright law, promoting further progress and accommodating freedom of speech and expression.

As copyright, fair dealing, and education are some of the core values of Canadian libraries, the Great Library hopes this can be a week to help inform users about fair dealing and how it intersects with clients, and promote a better understanding of copyright law and intellectual property as well. The issue has been litigated in Federal Court as recently as last July, between York University and Access Copyright, the collective which collects royalties on behalf of its authors.

Next week we will be putting up a display in the library, as well as including e-resources that members of the Law Society can access online. Stay tuned!

 

New book display: Family Law

by | Jan 23, 2018 | Commentary, Family Law, Legal Research

A book display with six books, on three levels of a bookcase. In the middle is a sign that says "New and featured books: Family Law". Book titles are in the blog post.We have a new book display set-up at the Library on the theme of Family Law.

All books are items from our reserve room, and thus are the most recent editions.

If you’re looking to take out any of these books, please let a staff member know (48 hour loan period).

 

The titles are:

  • Manitoba CPLED Program 2016-2017: Family Law
  • Settling Family Law Cases: Practical Techniques for Advocates and Neutrals by Lorne Wolfson (2017)
  • Family Law Arbitration in Canada (3rd ed.) by Ann C. Wilton and Gary S. Joseph (2017)
  • Child Support Guidelines Law and Practice by James C. MacDonald and Ann C. Wilton [no longer updated, current to 2016] *
  • Financial Principles of Family Law by Andrew J. Freedman and Paula G. White [no longer updated, current to 2016] *
  • The Annotated Divorce Act, 2018 ed., MacDonald and Wilton

 

* Looseleaf titles, which are available upon request.

O Juris-mas tree, O Juris-mas tree …

by | Dec 18, 2017 | Law Library Life

This year, the staff at the Manitoba Law Library have been busy!

In addition to our regular duties, this past week we put up a Christmas tree. Well actually … a Juris-mas tree! Using old editions of the Corpus Juris Secundum, we set up a neat, festive feature that has been capturing the attention of everyone here.

We hope you’ll be able to join us for a holiday celebration on Wednesday, December 20th between 2 and 4. You’ll be able to check out the tree for yourself while enjoying some festive cheer.