Mark Kohras is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. A new IP enforcement bill making its way through the US Senate has been sparking a surprising amount of controversy. It has received opposition from many prominent groups, including DNS experts, law professors, venture capitalists and even major newspapers. The creatively entitled Preventing Real […]
Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Disgraced UK tabloid News of the World has finally crumbled under the mounting weight of the national phone-hacking scandal. As investigations heat up and criminal charges seem imminent, it is worthwhile to examine the law that prosecutors will seek to uphold and once again […]
Michael Gilburt is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On June 27, 2011, the tobacco giant Philip Morris issued a press release announcing its decision to commence legal action against Australia over proposed legislation which, they argue, illegally diminishes the value of their trade-marks.
Danny Titolo is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Open African Innovation Research and Training project (Open AIR) is an initiative that aims to assist African creators, innovators and entrepreneurs. The project will run for three years from 2011 to 2013 and will act as a conduit by turning the ideas of […]
Chris Castle is an attorney based out of Los Angeles and San Francisco who represents artists, producers, songwriters, record labels, music publishers, film studios and technology companies. President Barack Obama and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo each worked very hard to bring about the voluntary agreement that was announced last week among ISPs and rights […]
With the latter portion of the summer now upon us here in Canada, IP Osgoode will be slowing down its volume of blog posts, updates and IPIGRAM e-newsletters over the rest of July and August. We will be back in full swing at the end of August to kick off another busy academic year. First […]
Nora Sleeth is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The European Patent Office (EPO) Board of Appeal has ruled that Amazon’s one-click system is too obvious to patent.
Danny Titolo is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. An agreement has recently been made between the largest music, television and motion picture companies and the leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to create the “copyright alert” system. The main purpose of this system is to notify subscribers when their accounts are being used […]
Andrew Baker is a LLB/BCL candidate at McGill University Faculty of Law. WIPO members have recently met to discuss a potential treaty for the disabled that would create minimum exceptions in copyright laws to facilitate access to copyrighted works by persons who are disabled, and permit the sharing of accessible works across borders.
Pauline Wong is the Assistant Director of IP Osgoode. Victoria Espinel, the US Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, in a post on the White House Blog, commends an agreement between Internet service providers and entertainment companies to cooperate to combat online infringement.