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
Andrew Baker is a LLB/BCL candidate at McGill University Faculty of Law. A New York court has recently ruled against EMI Music’s claims that online music provider, MP3Tunes’s techniques violate the 1998 Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA). The ruling moves one step further in parsing out a legal grey area regarding how the copyright rules […]
Danny Titolo is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Federal Court of Appeal upheld the trial decision of Justice Gauthier in Phostech v. Valence ruling in favour of Valence Technology on a patent infringement lawsuit involving carbothermal reduction technology (CTR).
Taylor Vanderhelm is a JD candidate at the University of Alberta. The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), an independent public authority that regulates and supervises broadcasting and telecommunications in Canada, recently released a report detailing the present and estimated future state of the communications industry in Canada. The report offers several illuminating and surprising […]
Brent Randall is a JD candidate at the University of Ottawa. On August 15, 2011, Google announced that it would be acquiring Motorola Mobility which will enhance the capabilities of their Android operating system for smartphones. While the purchase of Motorola gives Google the ability to produce hardware optimised for their software, commentators have wondered […]
Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, and the Founder and Director of the new IP Intensive. "There is nothing quite like this," stated venerable Justice Roger T. Hughes referring to the IP Intensive Program as he presented one of the many distinguished lectures […]
Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, and the Founder and Director of the new IP Intensive. IP Osgoode is pleased to announce the addition of two new members to our Advisory Board: Mr. Sylvain Laporte, Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trade-Marks and Chief […]
Hashim Ghazi is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Professor David Vaver’s Intellectual Property Law: Copyright, Patents, Trade-Marks, 2nd ed., takes up where the first edition left off, providing a complete and informative review of intellectual property law in Canada. David Vaver is the Professor of IP Law at Osgoode Hall Law School […]
Nora Sleeth is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The National Writers Union, The Authors Guild, and the American Society of Journalists and Authors, along with 21 individual writers, have filed a class action lawsuit against several major print and electronic publications. On August 17, 2011, the US Court of Appeals for the […]
Brent Randall is a JD candidate at the University of Ottawa. Justice Marshall Rothstein of the Supreme Court of Canada recently spoke at the American Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Law Luncheon held on August 6, 2011, in Toronto. His speech was largely focused on how the Supreme Court of Canada may arrive at different conclusions […]
Alysia Lau is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. I spent this past summer interning with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Jakarta, Indonesia. Preparing to take part in the new Osgoode IP Law & Technology Intensive Program this coming fall gave me an opportunity to reflect on the intersection between IP issues […]