IP
Just Trademark It: Athletes Turning to Trademarks to Gain Competitive Edge
With the Kawhi Leonard saga officially coming to a close on July 10th after his signing with the Los Angeles Clippers, the city of Toronto, along with the rest of Canada, has been taking the last month to reflect on the past season and what one man meant to the Toronto Raptors, and basketball in […]
A Big Piece of the IP Picture is Missing: IPOsgoode Mourns the Death of Justice Henry Carr
IPOsgoode and everyone involved in intellectual property law mourn the death from illness last week of Sir Henry Carr. After reading law at Oxford, Justice Carr went on to obtain his LL.M degree from the University of British Columbia, where he wrote a pioneering thesis on copyright in computer software under Professor David Vaver’s supervision. […]
The Future of Music Publishers’ Rights in the US and UK
Recently, I sat in on a well-attended speaker event at Cassels Brock. The first speaker at the event was Erich C. Carey, Vice President and Senior Counsel of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), which is the trade association that represents American music publishers and their songwriting partners. The NMPA often advocates for music publishers […]
From Start-up to Scale-up: A Report on the Innovation Clinic in Canada
Intellectual property (IP) legal clinics play a crucial role in helping Canadian inventors and entrepreneurs bring their inventions to market while strengthening the foundations of the country's innovation ecosystem. IP legal clinics provide pro bono IP information and assistance to under-resourced inventors who are not served by the profession. At the same time, when based […]