David Vaver is Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Osgoode Hall Law School and on the Advisory Board of IP Osgoode. Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Readers will be saddened to hear that William L. Hayhurst QC passed away on February 27, 2011 after a long illness. Bill Hayhurst […]
Dan Whalen is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Amid the struggle to bring peace and democracy to the Middle East, there is another lesser-known effort to win the hearts and minds of the region’s citizens online. The U.S. has waged a “war of ideas”, traditionally through unidirectional intervention, but a recent initiative […]
2010 was a year filled with many noteworthy legal developments in the realm of intellectual property and technology. Out of the hundreds of stories that we featured through our events and online at IPilogue this past year, we have compiled some brief highlights. We are also pleased to share with you a list of the […]
IP Osgoode wishes everyone a very Happy Holiday and a Creative New Year! We appreciate your interest and support over the past year and look forward to another successful year. We will return from our short holiday break on 3 January 2011 and look forward to your participation in our upcoming activities.
The issue of orphan works is one of increasing significance, and has received global attention. Since 1989, the Copyright Board has been empowered to issue non-exclusive licences for the use of unlocatable owners’ works and other subject matters protected by copyright. The Canadian regime, which inspired Hungary’s 2009 initiative in this area, has received little […]
Stuart Freen is a J.D. candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Competition Bureau of Canada is asking the Superior Court of Ontario to order Rogers Communications to pay a $10M penalty for misleading advertising in the mobile phone market. The allegations relate to advertisements for the Rogers discount brand Chatr claiming the service had […]
Dr. Ron Bouchard is an Associate Professor in the Faculties of Law and Medicine at the University of Manitoba. I am pleased to announce a new collaborative consortium of eleven intellectual property law and health policy scholars, economists, and practicing lawyers in nine countries. The group is called the Consortium Study of Global Pharmaceutical Linkage […]
Professor Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode Michel Gérin is the Executive Director of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada IP Osgoode and the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada are thrilled to announce the winners of the second annual edition of Canada's IP Writing Challenge: 1. In the Graduate Student category, […]
Abraham Drassinower is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto On July 27, 2007, the Supreme Court of Canada released a significant decision dealing with copyright and parallel imports, Euro-Excellence Inc. v. Kraft Canada Inc. [Euro-Excellence]. This paper emphasizes certain aspects of the case with a view to plumbing […]
Samantha Schreiber is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Kicking off a “year filled with all things intellectual property,” IP Osgoode and the IP Club held a Meet & Greet, on Tuesday, September 28, 2010. Armed with refreshments and decadent treats, attendees caught up with old friends and chatted with new ones, learning […]