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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jeffrey O'Brien in a JD candidate at the University of Alberta. Last month, Setanta Sports, a Dublin-based pay-per-view sports provider, was awarded summary judgement against an Alberta sports bar, The Brew'in Taphouse, and two of its principals by the Federal Court of Canada. Damages were awarded, but the most interesting order was the permanent injunction […]
Amelia Manera is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. A report entitled Trade Mark Incentives was released this month by the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO). The report generally found trade mark activity to be positively correlated with better performance in the areas of productivity, employment, wages, and growth rates.
Michael Gilburt is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On July 12, 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) issued its decision on the long-standing dispute between cosmetics manufacturer L’Oréal and eBay concerning the illegal sale of L’Oréal products on the online marketplace.
Simone Garcia is a high school student at The Country Day School in King City, Ontario, Canada, who is writing for the IPilogue on intellectual property (IP) law, technology and, in this case, social media. This is the first in IPilogue's series showcasing a high school student's perspective on IP and technology issues. Recently, Vanity Fair […]
Marco Bassini is the Managing Editor of MediaLaws, www.medialaws.eu, and a lawyer at Baker & McKenzie LLP's office in Milan. The re-posting of this analysis is part of a cross-posting collaboration with MediaLaws: Law and Policy of the Media in a Comparative Perspective. Another remarkable judgment on the matter of online gambling was delivered by the […]
Nora Sleeth is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Target Corporation’s request for an injunction against Fairweather’s Target Apparel was dismissed by Federal Court Justice Mandamin on June 23, 2011. Target Corporation had requested an interlocutory injunction that would prevent Target Apparel from “operating a retail store in association with a trade mark […]
Leslie Chong is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. This past June has proven to be a successful month for major fashion houses in their battle against counterfeit products in Canada and the United States. Courts in both countries were applauded by the fashion industry for having issued landmark decisions in favour of […]