Repligen Corp. v. Canada (A.G.): Clerical Error in the Intellectual Property Office

David Vaver is Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Osgoode Hall Law School and on the Advisory Board of IP Osgoode. A Note in the next issue of the Intellectual Property Journal, due out in April, reviews a recent case on Patent Office refusals to correct clerical errors: Repligen Corp. v. Canada (A.G.) 2010 FC […]

Global Copyright: Three Hundred Years Since the Statute of Anne, from 1709 to Cyberspace

Global Copyright: Three Hundred Years Since the Statute of Anne, from 1709 to Cyberspace, edited by Professors Lionel Bently (member of IP Osgoode's International Advisory Council), Uma Suthersanen and Paul Torremans, celebrates the tri-centenary of modern copyright, which began with the enactment of the Statute of Anne by the British Parliament in 1709, and was soon followed […]

Tweeters Beware!

Ivy Tsui is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The UK Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has ruled that re-publishing Twitter messages in a national newspaper is not an invasion of privacy.

ACS:Law's Notices of Discontinuance Ruled An Abuse Of Process

Matt Lonsdale is a JD candidate at Dalhousie University. In the recent British case of Media CAT Ltd v Adams & Ors, significant media attention created a public relations nightmare for the copyright holders who want to enforce their rights but do not wish to be perceived as bullies picking on sympathetic defendants.  Ultimately, the […]

Bill C-32: A Lifeline for a Dying Industry?

Robert Karrass is a first year JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and currently enrolled in the course Law & Social Change: Law & Music, in Winter 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. Artists and consumers protest while supporters hold […]

Conflict and Compromise: A Review of Selected Bill C-32 Position Papers

Kyle Lavender is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The House of Commons has resumed hearings on the Copyright Modernization Act (Bill C-32). Amidst claims that the process of amending the Copyright Act has preceded at a “snail-like” pace, it is hopeful that position papers submitted to the House of Commons Legislative Committee on Bill C-32 […]

Reflections on the Grammys: Glee, Bieber and the Mash-up Provision of Bill C-32

Ken Anderson is a first year JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and currently enrolled in the course Law & Social Change: Law & Music, in Winter 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. As I watched the 53rd Annual Grammy […]