Brent Randall is a JD candidate at the University of Ottawa. DC Comics, owner of the Batman character, filed a lawsuit on May 6, 2011, alleging infringement of its copyright and trade-mark rights over the Batmobile. The suit, filed in California, alleges that the named defendant, Mark Towle, is selling imitation Batmobile vehicles as well […]
Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Since 2002, at least one company, Medical Justice, has been offering physicians the opportunity to quiet the online voices of dissatisfied patients through a unique manipulation of copyright law. As this service has become more popular among physicians, closer scrutiny has become warranted. Unfortunately for […]
Mark Kohras is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Every year, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) releases its Special 301 Report. The report provides a detailed list of countries that the United States believes are deficient when it comes to intellectual property laws or enforcement. Perhaps it is no […]
Pauline Wong is the Assistant Director of IP Osgoode. The Chairs of the WIPO copyright consultation meetings held in April recently issued reports on two copyright treaties that are currently being negotiated: the draft Treaty on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances and the draft Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations.
Ivy Tsui is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Sabam v. Scarlet poses an important question to online Internet Service Provider (ISP) – should an ISP filter and block internet content to prevent copyright infringements?
Matt Lonsdale is a JD candidate at Dalhousie University. On April 20, 2011, the UK High Court released its decision in the judicial review of the Digital Economy Act. The Act was challenged on five grounds by two prominent British internet service providers (ISPs), TalkTalk and BT. Justice Parker largely rejected their submissions, with the […]
Kirk M. Baert and Jonathan Bida of Koskie Minsky LLP are class counsel in this matter. On May 2, 2011, Justice Carolyn Horkins of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice approved the settlement of the class action Heather Robertson v. ProQuest, CEDROM, Toronto Star Newspapers, Rogers and Canwest, worth approximately $7.9 million. Class counsel provides […]
Pauline Wong is the Assistant Director of IP Osgoode. Leave has been granted to, essentially, the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada on the K-12 Tariff Case. The decision on appeal was rendered by the Federal Court of Appeal.
Mark Kohras is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. It’s election season again, and Canada’s political parties are out in force, campaigning across the country. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the recent attention IP and technology issues have been garnering among the Canadian public, most of the political parties have specifically included digital issues as […]
Leslie Chong is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Following a judgment from the England and Wales Patent County Court, fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood successfully sued internet clothing provider Anthony Edward Knight for trademark and copyright infringement. The decision carefully detailed each of Westwood’s claims against Mr. Knight, which effectively shows how […]