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Ipilogue

The IPilogue is IP Osgoode’s online journal of IP Law and Technology. It publishes analysis and commentary on current pressing intellectual property, technology, privacy and related legal issues. The IPilogue features curated contributions from students, scholars, and experts within the Osgoode community, from our network of affiliated researchers and partners, as well as from professionals and scholars in disciplines outside of law.

Editor in Chief: Prof. Carys Craig (ccraig@osgoode.yorku.ca)
Submission inquiries: iposgoode@osgoode.yorku.ca


UK Supreme Court Allows Gene Sequence Patents

Nov 17, 2011 1 min read
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Ivy Tsui is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is enrolled in Professor Mgbeoji’s Patents class in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. In the genomic era, the flood of computationally predicted genes has introduced a new […]

Creative Industry Unions, CFM And ACTRA, Strengthen Ties With Formal Alliance Agreement

Nov 15, 2011 1 min read
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Andrew Baker is an LLB/BCL candidate at McGill University Faculty of Law. Canadian Federation of Musicians (CFM) and ACTRA have recently formalized a strategic alliance agreement that outlines opportunities for mutual support on issues of common interest, and promotes solidarity and greater unity of purpose between the two labour unions.

Parsley, Parsnip, Peas, & Peppers: Patent Policy Perspectives From The Vegetable Field

Nov 15, 2011 1 min read
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Elias Lyberogiannis is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is enrolled in Professor Ikechi Mgbeoji’s Patents class in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. I recently came across the research paper by Paul J. Heald and Susannah Chapman […]

Patent Valuation Part 1: A Novel Innovation Index For Life Sciences Inventions

Nov 14, 2011 1 min read
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Dr. Ron Bouchard is an Associate Professor in the Faculties of Law and of Medicine at the University of Manitoba, a CIHR New Investigator and an IP Osgoode Research Affiliate. An earlier article on IP Osgoode by Chaubal gives admirable service to the issue of patent valuation, which presents to a wide audience as a […]

Appropriately Approaching Appropriation: Osgoode Professors On Feminist Alternatives To Postcolonial Intellectual Property Issues

Nov 14, 2011 1 min read
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Mekhala Chaubal is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Our very own Osgoode professors and feminist scholars, Rosemary Coombe and Carys Craig, presented a thought-provoking keynote entitled, “Copyright and the Moral Arts of Appropriation: Feminist and Postcolonial Perspectives”, at the Feminism and the Politics of Appropriation Conference hosted by the Women and Gender Studies […]

Thinking Through IP Strategy

Nov 14, 2011 1 min read
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Asad Ali Moten is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Here, he reports on a workshop he organized for clients and prospective clients of ventureLAB, while interning there as part of the inaugural offering of the Intellectual Property Law and Technology Intensive Program (IP Intensive) at Osgoode. On November 9, 2011, with the […]

Osgoode Entertainment & Sports Law Association Launches Its Own Blog

Nov 14, 2011 1 min read
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Sarah Falzon and Lawrence Schwartz are JD candidates at Osgoode Hall Law School and Co-Presidents of the Entertainment & Sports Law Association at Osgoode. The Osgoode Entertainment and Sports Law Association (ESLA) recently launched its blog, www.esla-osgoode.ca. The blog was created as an association initiative to give students the opportunity to write about current issues […]

Business Method Patents: Policy Implications

Nov 14, 2011 1 min read
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Bita M. Rajaee is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is enrolled in Professor Ikechi Mgbeoji’s Patents class in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. One of the most important recent decisions in Canadian patents law is that […]

Flower Powers – ECJ Rules On Interflora v Marks And Spencer

Nov 14, 2011 1 min read
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Ben Farrow is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On September 22, 2011, the European Court of Justice handed down a judgement on a series of trade mark related questions spurred by the long running dispute between international flower delivery network Interflora and English retailer Marks and Spencer. The case stemmed from a […]

Apple Unlocks Another Patent War Weapon In Smartphone Market

Nov 9, 2011 1 min read
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Stephanie Roberts is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is enrolled in Professor Mgbeoji’s Patents class in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. On October 25 2011, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted Apple […]