Yelda Haber Ve Görsel Yayincilik A.S found {that a} Canadian IPTV enterprise had acquired unauthorized, translated copies of just about 3,000 episodes of its award-winning tv programming and was streaming that programming to thousands and thousands of consumers in additional than 50 international locations around the globe. The defendants, GLWiZ Inc. and Gold Line Telemanagement Inc., argued that their actions had been expressly or implicitly approved below a obscure license settlement. The court docket’s ruling, which rejected the defendants’ declare that they didn’t know that they had been infringing the copyright of the plaintiff’s packages, will serve to inspire IPTV corporations to make sure that they’re correctly licensed previous to streaming content material on-line.
The advanced, cross-border case handled rising IPTV applied sciences in addition to the evaluation of damages arising from world and native actions. It was one in every of just a few instances in Canada to have thought of at trial the idea superior by the defendants and the impression of that principle on a statutory injury award.
The Baker McKenzie workforce was led by Mental Property Associate Jim Holloway and Affiliate Matthew Oppenheim and included Affiliate Jacqueline Chan and Authorized Assistant Kim Humphrey.
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