Pauline Wong is the Assistant Director of IP Osgoode. Mekhala Chaubal is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. 2011 will be remembered as a year of social movements and political upheavals in many parts of the world. This trend of transformation and development extended to Canadian and international intellectual property law. As a […]
Courtney Doagoo is a doctoral student at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. On October 27, 2011, the High Court of Justice Chancery Division ruled in favour of British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC et al. (Sky) on a summary judgment against Digital Satellite Warranty Cover Limited et al. (Defendants). The Defendants were held liable […]
Brent Randall is a JD candidate at the University of Ottawa. It is a seemingly lofty goal for a court: keep legal reasoning simple. As anyone who has a read a court’s decision knows, that is easier said than done, either because a judge wants to make sure all relevant issues are dealt with thoroughly, […]
Tali Eliav and Stephen Hutchison are 2011–2012 articling students at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP. On December 6 and 7, 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada heard five critically important copyright appeals. We were lucky enough to assist with Cassels Brock’s submissions to the Court. We were also fortunate enough to have a seat in […]
Sue Gaudi is the Vice-President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at The Globe and Mail Inc. She presented the following talk at a lecture to students in IP Osgoode's internship program, the Intellectual Property Law and Technology Intensive Program (IP Intensive). We are very pleased that The Globe and Mail is hosting one of our […]
Courtney Doagoo is a doctoral student at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. On September 20, 2011, the General Court of the European Union released its decision to refuse the registration of a Community trademark for the for the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) coat of arms, upholding the previous ruling by […]
Mekhala Chaubal is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On 27 July 2011, Mr. Justice Arnold of the Patents Court Division of the High Court of England and Wales, by refusing to grant a summary judgment to the plaintiffs in LG Electronics v Sony Europe Ltd & Others (“LG Electronics”) opened the door […]
Our conference titled, “Can Canada Learn Anything From Europe? European Perspectives on Copyright Law in the Information Era”, is taking place next Friday, October 21, 2011, at the Ottawa Convention Centre in Ottawa, Canada. The proceeding will also be transmitted by webcast to Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada. All are welcome to […]
Mekhala Chaubal is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. A recently-decided US case (Louis Vuitton Malletier SA v. Akanoc Solutions Inc.) has trumped Canada’s largest LVM settlement so far (Louis Vuitton Malletier SA v. Singga Enterprises Inc). While the company is arguably only protecting its market share as one of the world’s premier […]
Brent Randall is a JD candidate at the University of Ottawa. After a very difficult summer regarding the security of the personal information of Sony customers, the technology company has chosen to protect itself from class action litigation in the future. In the Terms of Service (TOS) for the company’s Playstation Network, which is where […]