Professor David Vaver of Osgoode Hall Law School & member of IP Osgoode’s Advisory Board. Can one’s bank account be spied on with impunity? In Ontario it seems so, if the decision of the Superior Court in Jones v. Tsige 2011 ONSC 1475 is to be believed.
Ashlee Froese is an Osgoode Hall alumnus and currently practices intellectual property at the law firm of Keyser Mason Ball LLP. If you see a woman wearing these shoes, three things can be deduced. One, she spent a pretty penny on them. Two, those are Christian Louboutin shoes. Three, the surrounding women are a tad […]
Ashlee Froese is an Osgoode Hall alumnus and currently practices intellectual property at the law firm of Keyser Mason Ball LLP. As any Fashionista will know, over the last two weeks Toronto has been shining bright with visions of sequins and metallics. Of course, I am talking about Rogue Fashion Week and LG’s Fashion Week. […]
Giovanni Maria Riccio is an IP Osgoode research affiliate, a professor of private comparative law at the University of Salerno, and a Partner at SR & Partners, Rome, Italy. [Our apologies, this by-line has been updated to refer to Professor Riccio's current law firm affiliation.] According to a recent post by a French journalist, ARCEP, […]
Matt Lonsdale is a JD candidate at Dalhousie University. April 7th, 2011, will be the 11th annual World Health Day. This year the World Health Organization (WHO) is encouraging organizations to host events focusing on the increasing threat of antimicrobial resistance. The improper use of medicines can create conditions where viruses, bacteria and parasites develop resistance […]
Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. On the occasion of his retirement from the bench, we would like to commend The Rt Hon Lord Justice Robin Jacob, of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales (and member of IP Osgoode’s International […]
Jenna Newman is a graduate of the Master of Publishing program at Simon Fraser University. The long-awaited ruling on the proposed Google Books settlement is out: the court has rejected the settlement. So many serious concerns were voiced by potential class members as well as scholars, librarians, the US Department of Justice, other nations—on questions […]
Ivy Tsui is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Water is a crisis of inconsiderate policy making and poor water management. Governments, policy makers and communities around the world must actively engage in addressing water management challenges. For example, the research arm of innovations must be strengthened and technology transfer must be spread […]
Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Earlier this month, the CopySouth Research Group released a new set of papers that critically analyse the failings and contradictions of the international copyright system.
Canada recently sent a submission to the World Intellectual Property Organization on the proposed Broadcasting Treaty. The submission comments on the proposals contained in the WIPO document SCCR/15/2 rev, which will ultimately form the basis of the new treaty.