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Font Used In Harry Potter Merchandise Could Spell Damage Award

Brent Randall is a JD candidate at the University of Ottawa. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, the final film in the Potter film series, was released on July 15, 2011.  With its worldwide box office grosses now pushing the $1 billion mark, the big story has been the end of the wildly […]

UK IPO Report Estimates Economic Contribution Of Intellectual Property Rights

Kalen Lumsden is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom recently released a report titled The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in the UK Market Sector that estimates the “level of UK market sector investment in knowledge assets protected by Intellectual Property Rights  (IPRs) and the […]

Federal Court Posts “Model” Bifurcation Order For IP Matters

Danny Titolo is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Federal Court of Canada has posted a new “model” bifurcation order which is to be used in matters pertaining to intellectual property. Bifurcation refers to a judge's ability to divide a trial into two parts and render a judgment on two sets of […]

Federal Circuit Ruling In Myriad Genetics: Genes Are Patentable

Danny Titolo is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently overturned a Southern District of New York court’s decision by ruling that genes can be patented. The Federal Circuit decided that DNA isolated from the body was patent-eligible since it is “markedly different” from the […]