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A Promise Betrayed? Rethinking the Clerical Natures of IPRs Practice in the Third World

Ikechi Mgbeoji is an Associate Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School and a member of IP Osgoode. For more than one hundred years, the branch of law known as intellectual property rights (IPRs) has been treated by universities and colleges in the Third World as an after-thought, an appendage to other disciplines of […]

Canada Fashion Law Blog Debuted by Osgoode Alum, Ashlee Froese

Andrew Baker is a JD candidate at McGill University, Faculty of Law. Ashlee Froese, Osgoode Hall Law School alum of 2006 and IPilogue contributor, has launched CanadaFashionLaw.com, which has garnered immediate attention from both the fashion industry and the legal community, receiving over 500 unique hits in its first three days.

Spotlight On Innovation: MedEdge Summit 2011, York Region

Sebastian Talluri is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and a Fellow of the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) / IP Osgoode Innovation Clinic. On June 16, 2011, I attended MedEdge Summit 2011, York Region. The half-day MedEdge Summit was hosted by the municipality of Richmond Hill and sponsored by a number of organizations, including […]

Amazon.com Pursues Business Method Patent At The Federal Court Of Appeal

Nora Sleeth is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On June 21, 2011, Amazon.com appeared before the Federal Court of Appeal responding to an appeal of the Federal Court’s decision that Amazon’s “one click” business method constituted patentable subject matter.

IP Bloggers Win Gowlings IPilogue Prizes

Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Gowlings Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize (the “Gowlings IPilogue Prize”) was pioneered in my Intellectual Property class in the Fall 2007 term and has been generously sponsored each year since then by […]

Canada Day Is The Submission Deadline For Canada’s IP Writing Challenge!

Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. Summer is here and Canada Day is fast-approaching.  This means it’s also time to prepare your submissions to Canada’s IP Writing Challenge!  The submission deadline is Friday, July 1, 2011 (or Canada Day, by way of […]

Women@Play: Reconfiguring The Masculinized Culture And Spaces Of Digital Gameplay

Jennifer Jenson is Associate Professor of Pedagogy and Technology in the Faculty of Education at York University. Suzanne de Castell is the Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University and a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Education, York University. Previously viewed as a hobby only pursued by, […]

Ontario Court of Appeal Opines On Technology Licences In Receivership Case

Renée Brosseau and Andrea Rush are partners at Heenan Blaikie LLP and were counsel for GeoDigital International Inc. in the appeal in Canrock Ventures LLC v. Ambercore Software Inc. and Terrapoint Canada (2008) Inc. The sale of a business in the context of a receivership occurs on an “as is where is” basis. The would-be purchaser of […]

Scassa Gives Rave Review for D’Agostino’s Book on Copyright

Danny Titolo is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. “Informing”, “well written”, “insight[ful]”, and “important contribution” (p. 93) are just a few of the words used by Professor Teresa Scassa, Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Vice-Dean Research at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, in her recent review of Copyright, […]

IP Osgoode In The Spotlight: OCE / IP Osgoode Innovation Clinic Officially Launched And IP Osgoode Advisory Board At The SCC!

Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. We are pleased to share with you the official announcement of the OCE / IP Osgoode Innovation Clinic. This groundbreaking initiative will see IP Osgoode partnered with the Ontario Centres of Excellence’s (OCE) Centre for Commercialization of […]