![]() 14 of his judgment to the plaintiffs’ having acquired their rights “by operation of known as the ‘Dickens’ provision.” Section 14 of the Act returns any copyrights that an author assigned during his lifetime to the author’s estate 25 years after his death. ![]() Kelley who authored The Black Donnellys (1954) and Vengeance of The Black Donnellys (1962) - sued as owners of the works’ copyrights because of a special provision in the Copyright Act, RSC 1985, c C-42. In the recent copyright infringement case of Winkler v Hendley, the plaintiffs - the heirs of the late Thomas P. Professor Pina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode and a Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Osgoode Hall Law School. ![]() Professor David Vaver is a Member of IP Osgoode’s Advisory Board and a Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Osgoode Hall Law School. Facebook Tweet Pin Email Photo Credit: Suzy Hazelwood ( Pexels) ![]()
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