IP Osgoode would like to thank everyone who attended Professor Graeme B. Dinwoodie's lecture, titled “Territoriality of Trademarks in a Post-National Era,” on September 18, 2014 at Osgoode Hall Law School. The video of the lecture is available here. You can also read Jamie Franks' reflections of Professor Dinwoodie's presentation here.
Originating back in 2006, the litigation between Pfizer and Apotex over Pfizer’s blockbuster drug, Lipitor, has been long and arduous. With many twists and turns in these proceedings, Pfizer's most recent motion to amend its statement of defence and counterclaim led to yet another surprising result. The motion brought by Pfizer is part of the proceedings commenced by Apotex […]
Professor Giuseppina D’Agostino, Founder and Director of the Intellectual Property Law & Technology Group (IP Osgoode) at Osgoode Hall Law School, stirred up the IP community yet again with her innovative and invigorating way of “tearing apart the patent system.”
Earlier this month, Twitter filed a lawsuit (Twitter v. Holder) against the US Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), claiming they prevented Twitter from publishing statistics pertaining to the number and type of US Government surveillance requests received. Twitter asserts that the publication ban is an unconstitutional violation of their […]
Under the Patent Act, an invention must be useful to be patentable. While in Canada the inventor does not need to describe the utility of the invention in the patent, where the patent makes a promise of utility, utility is measured against that promise. If the inventor does not make an explicit promise of a […]
This past spring, the Copyright Board of Canada issued its decision certifying Re:Sound’s Tariff 8 and setting the royalties collected for webcasting in Canada. Many parties of interest were incensed by the proposed rates, which are difficult to understand without the context of the entire royalty system in Canada.
With the rising popularity of video and computer games, a new form of user generated content ("UGC") and a whole new set of intellectual property issues is emerging. Science fiction web series such as Red vs. Blue use copyrighted graphics and characters from the popular Xbox video game Halo to create new comedic content parodying first person shooter […]
Professor Jane C. Ginsburg will be at Osgoode Hall Law School on Monday, October 6 (2:30PM to 4:30PM) to give a presentation entitled: "The U.S. Supreme Court's Aereo decision and the U.S.' international obligation to implement the 'making available right': Are we there yet?". Click here for details. RSVP today to attend the talk! For […]
On September 4, the Supreme Court of Canada granted leave to appeal from the Federal Court of Appeal in CBC v SODRAC 2003 Inc which considered the issue of whether broadcasters must pay royalties on ephemeral or incidental copies of an audiovisual work created during the preparation of that work for broadcast. The case arose out […]
We are pleased to announce a call for applications for a number of exciting opportunities with IP Osgoode including IPilogue Editors and IP Osgoode Innovation Clinic Fellows. See below for more information.