Who Owns the Imagic Brand These Days?

[jhd]

I'm interested in owning the Imagic brand and games concepts, but I live in Italy: what is the copyright board you mention and do you know where I should apply?

 

The Copyright Board of Canada can grant permission to reproduce works (in Canada, only) where the copyright holder is unknown/unlocatable. They cannot give someone ownership of the copyright.

 

Here are the relevant decisions of the board: http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/decisions/unlocatable-introuvables-e.html (note that some of the contest is in French). None of these decisions involve video games (or computer software more broadly), though a few are about video or audio recordings.

 

There may be similar bodies in other countries, my knowledge is limited to Canadian law.