Sara Hlobil is a student of Dutch Law at the University of Amsterdam on exchange at Osgoode Hall Law School and is enrolled in Professor Ikechi Mgbeoji’s Patents class in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. [IP Osgoode: We have […]
A. Samuel Oddi is a professor of Intellectual Property at the University of Akron School of Law. In prior articles,[3] I have tried to point out that developing countries, and particularly the least developed countries (LDCs), are not the intended or even incidental beneficiaries of the intellectual property system--particularly its internationalization under TRIPS. I have primarily […]
Pauline Wong is the Assistant Director of IP Osgoode. On November 1, 2011, at an event titled, “Engineering The Future”, York University President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri announced a $25-million dollar transformative donation from Pierre Lassonde, Chair of Franco-Nevada Corporation, for an expanded School of Engineering at York’s Keele Campus. The Faculty of Graduate Studies […]
Brian Chau is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Brian J. Love, a teaching fellow at Stanford Law School, conducted an empirical analysis of litigation by various classes of patentees in a randomly selected sample of 1,143 patents issued from May 11, 1993 to May 10, 1994. The draft paper, entitled "An Empirical […]
Nora Sleeth is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On September 19, 2011, the England and Wales High Court (Patents Court) rendered its decision related to proceedings launched by Apple against HTC in Germany in July 2011, which claimed infringement of three patents. Two of the claims were brought in Munich and the […]
Alexander Melfi is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, and is currently enrolled in Professor Ikechi Mgbeoji’s Patents class, in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. At the last count, the number of lawsuits between Apple and Samsung in […]
Kalen Lumsden is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. In Monsanto v. Bowman, No. 2010-1068 , Fed. Cir. 2011., decided September 21, 2011, a farmer appeals an adverse judgment after Monsanto had sued him for patent infringement because he had attempted to exploit a perceived loophole in his licensing agreement. The central issue […]
Amanda MacNaughton is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, and is currently enrolled in Professor Ikechi Mgbeoji’s Patents class, in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. Halloween came early for those seeking computer related patents in the UK. The […]
Sean M. O’Connor is a Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Law, Business & Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Washington School of Law, and a Research Affiliate of IP Osgoode.[1] [IP Osgoode: Professor O'Connor's full article on this topic will be published in issue 24:1 of the Intellectual Property Journal later this year.] […]
Daniel Burnett is a partner at Owen Bird Law Corporation and appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada on behalf of the Respondent/Defendant, Jon Newton, in this matter. [IP Osgoode: At our request, Robert Kasting, Barrister & Solicitor, who appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada on behalf of the Appellants/Plaintiffs, Wayne Crookes and West Coast […]