When AI Hurts: Stress Testing the Heart of the Law
If law is the heart of a democratic society... then AI functions as the stressor that tests its endurance in the face of emerging and increasingly complex legal challenges.
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Copyright’s Edges and the Ethics of Expression in the Digital Age
Silbey’s central thesis is that contemporary copyright law is undergoing a gradual but profound transformation. Doctrines historically designed to facilitate the circulation of ideas and preserve the public domain are increasingly weakened, enabling the commodification and enclosure of knowledge, facts, and expressive fragments.
Currents, Waves, and Ripple Effects – CCH’s Legacy at Home and Abroad
In March 2004, the Supreme Court of Canada released CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada. Twenty-one years later, scholars, practitioners, professionals, and observers gathered in Toronto to reflect on the enduring legacy of CCH at home and abroad.
Can We Develop ‘IncoIPterms’ for Intellectual Property?
Despite the complex nature of IP law, the potential benefits of creating standardized international contractual terms are clear.
Identifying the implications of Big Tech and digital personal data for competition policy
Our paper demonstrates the growing awareness among policymakers of the important effects of Big Tech and personal data collection on competition and market power.
Announcing the Winners of Canada's IP Writing Challenge 2024
IP Osgoode and the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 edition of Canada’s IP Writing Challenge. In the Law Student category, Pasha Kulinich won for his entry, “Shortcomings of the Trademarks Act in the Frontline against Counterfeit Goods”. Pasha is a 3L student at Queen's University's Faculty of Law. […]
Dr. Tesh Dagne Shines a Light on the Unseen Hands and Invisible (Copy)Rights Behind AI Systems
By bringing to the fore the roles of digital workers, Dagne hopes to unearth the collaborative creation that goes into the AI production chain and feeds into the AI output.
A.I. Paintings: Registrable Copyright? Lessons from Ankit Sahni
Govind Kumar Chaturvedi is an IPilogue Writer and an LLM graduate from Osgoode Hall Law School. We sat down to chat about how he registered Suryast in Canada. Mr. Sahni told me that he had been inspired by Ryan Abbott’s DABUS, to take on this intellectual property legal experiment. I wanted to learn more about […]
IPIC and National Research Council Collaborates to Create the IP Assist Program for SMEs
Gregory Hong is an IPilogue Writer and a 1L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) and the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) have partnered to offer the IP Assist program for Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”). IPilogue readers may have seen Serena Nath’s recent coverage of another CIC program, ElevateIP, […]
The US Copyright Office Clarifies that Copyright Protection Does Not Extend to (Exclusively) AI-Generated Work
Katie Graham is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School In March 2022, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) allowed its first artificial intelligence (AI)-authored copyright registration of a painting co-created by the AI tool, RAGHAV Painting App (“RAGHAV”), and the IP lawyer who created RAGHAV, Ankit Sahni. RAGHAV is the […]