Irena Knezevic is on the executive of the Canadian Association for Food Studies and is currently a PhD candidate in the Joint Graduate Program in Communication and Culture at York and Ryerson Universities. Food enthusiasts and artisan producers around the world know how important terroir is for a range of foods from cheese to wine […]
Recently the Working Group of the Intellectual Property Court Users' Committee for reform of the Patents County Court, England and Wales, has published proposals for reforming the Patents County Court (PCC). The proposal aims at providing more affordable and effective Intellectual Property (IP) litigation. Studying the proposal may be fruitful since expensive and time-consuming IP […]
A recent article written by Colin Campbell from Maclean's discussed the unfortunate fact that Canada is usually far behind other nations when it comes to adopting new technologies that have been developed in the United States and abroad. His discussion begins with a reference to the Kindle DX. This is the new, wireless e-book reading […]
Dr. Dev Gangjee (London School of Economics) has a primary research interest in intellectual property, including trademarks, geographical indications and domain names. He is also an IP Osgoode Research Affiliate. Can a building be a trade mark? Should a building be a trade mark?1 In recent years, trade mark registries and courts have grappled with applications […]
Ashlee Froese is an Osgoode Hall alumnus and currently practices intellectual property at the law firm of Keyser Mason Ball LLP. Sibling Rivalry: The intersection of Domain Names and Trade-marks Domain names and trade-mark owners have always had a contentious co-existence. Whereas trade-mark rights are granted on a use basis, domain names are registered on […]
Giovanni Maria Riccio is Professor of Private Comparative Law at the University of Salerno. Professor Riccio is an IP Osgoode Research Affiliate. The French Constitutional Court held that the "Creation and Internet" law - the law promoted by the Olivennes Commission and strictly supported by the President Sarkozy - is unconstitutional. This Act - whose […]
In a recent blog post by Prof. Shamnad Basheer at Spicy IP, he discussed the issue of whether or not patent lawyers should be required to achieve a certain level of training in science/engineering before being admitted to the patent bar. In his discussion, he addressed the question of whether individual academic institutions should be […]
In general, intellectual property (IP) rights encourage innovation by providing creators with an economic incentive to develop and share ideas through a form of a temporary monopoly. Proponents of traditional IP rights believe that individual creators should not only have a chance to profit from their works but also control how they are used. In […]
James Gannon is an Osgoode Hall alumnus and is currently an articling student at McCarthy Tétrault. Jonathan Frydman recently completed his second year of the J.D. program at Osgoode Hall Law School. James and Jonathan took notes at a recent conference they attended and they report on the speaker presentations in this blog. On Friday, […]
For nearly two decades, Rob Reger and his company Cosmic Debris have spent millions of dollars developing the fictional character "Emily the Strange" as a gothic rebel who finds nothing more boring than copying everyone else. Over the years, Emily has evolved from a skateboard design to a media empire which includes clothing lines, comic […]