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In Celebration: Double Book Launch for Profs David Vaver and Carys Craig

Amelia Manera is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and an IP Osgoode Student Intern in the inaugural Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program (IP Intensive). On Friday, September 9, 2011, members of IP Osgoode, participants of the inaugural IP Law & Technology Intensive Program, IP enthusiasts, along with friends and family, gathered […]

Gowlings Hosts A Celebration For Professor David Vaver

Joshua Dallmann is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and an IP Osgoode Student Intern in the inaugural Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program (IP Intensive). On September 8, 2011, members of the intellectual property law community gathered at the Toronto offices of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP to celebrate the release of […]

US Cybersource Decision Puts Mental Steps Back Into Business Methods Patents

Amelia Manera is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On August 16, 2011, the US Court of Appeal released the decision of Cybersource Corporation v Retail Decisions Inc. reinforcing that a process that can be done merely by a series of mental steps is not patentable subject matter under s.101 of Title 35 […]

Questions Remain Up In The Air After Partial Victory For Cloud Music Service

Andrew Baker is a LLB/BCL candidate at McGill University Faculty of Law. A New York court has recently ruled against EMI Music’s claims that online music provider, MP3Tunes’s techniques violate the 1998 Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA).  The ruling moves one step further in parsing out a legal grey area regarding how the copyright rules […]

CRTC Report Reveals Canadians As Digital Revolution Leaders

Taylor Vanderhelm is a JD candidate at the University of Alberta. The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), an independent public authority that regulates and supervises broadcasting and telecommunications in Canada, recently released a report detailing the present and estimated future state of the communications industry in Canada. The report offers several illuminating and surprising […]

Google’s Purchase Of Motorola May Signal Trend In The Smartphone Market

Brent Randall is a JD candidate at the University of Ottawa. On August 15, 2011, Google announced that it would be acquiring Motorola Mobility which will enhance the capabilities of their Android operating system for smartphones.  While the purchase of Motorola gives Google the ability to produce hardware optimised for their software, commentators have wondered […]

New Beginnings: IP Intensive Kicks Off!

Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, and the Founder and Director of the new IP Intensive. "There is nothing quite like this," stated venerable Justice Roger T. Hughes referring to the IP Intensive Program as he presented one of the many distinguished lectures […]

New CIPO Head and New Associate Dean of Research Join IP Osgoode

Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, and the Founder and Director of the new IP Intensive. IP Osgoode is pleased to announce the addition of two new members to our Advisory Board: Mr. Sylvain Laporte, Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trade-Marks and Chief […]

Book Review - Intellectual Property Law: Copyright, Patents, Trade-marks, 2nd Ed.

Hashim Ghazi is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Professor David Vaver’s Intellectual Property Law: Copyright, Patents, Trade-Marks, 2nd ed., takes up where the first edition left off, providing a complete and informative review of intellectual property law in Canada. David Vaver is the Professor of IP Law at Osgoode Hall Law School […]