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
Billy Barnes is a JD Candidate at the University of Toronto. A claim is being passed around online: that the Internet (Twitter, specifically) has beat the super-injunction. The claim is not quite true, but it's another reminder that the best way to ensure that everyone knows about something is to try to prevent them from hearing […]
Daniel Kennedy is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall and is taking the Intellectual Property Theory course. Like many words, “authorship” takes on distinct meaning in the realm of copyright law. However, it may be difficult to divorce historical values associated with the term even when it is used in the legal realm. In his article, “Copyright and […]
Amanda Carpenter is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The recent Ontario case R. v. Cuttell, 2009 ONCJ 471 concerns the issue of online privacy, more specifically the issue as to what the privacy expectations are in regards to finding a user’s name and physical address based on their IP address. In this […]
Alex Gloor is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. At first glance, the century old doctrine of first-sale seems simple enough. However, as with many other IP doctrines, the digital world has thrown a wrench in this otherwise well-understood principle (see this post on a similar topic). In the case of Vernor v. […]
Giuseppina D'Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode and an Assistant Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. IP Osgoode has a number of illustrious visitors this semester who will be participating in our lecture series "IP Osgoode Speaks" as well as a part of the second annual Women and IP Roundtable (presented with The Institute […]
Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Last Wednesday the Centre for Innovation Law & Policy and IP Osgoode jointly welcomed William Patry to speak at University of Toronto’s Flavelle House. A prolific copyright scholar, former US government policy advisor and current Senior Copyright Counsel to Google, Patry spoke for about […]
Virgil Cojocaru is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. ‘The Long Tail’, written by Chris Anderson refers to the alleged effect of online stores such as Netflix appealing to smaller niches. Individually these niches do not yield a large profit, but collectively (hence the long part) they can provide a handsome reward. Some […]
Nirav Bhatt is an LLM candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. According to a report, AIDS, which is caused due to Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) killed more than 25 million people worldwide from 1981 to 2006. Already, over six million people with HIV/AIDS are dying because they have no access to lifesaving medicines. The current […]
Peter Waldkirch is a second year LL.B. student at the University of Ottawa. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Jennifer Stoddard, recently released her office's Annual Report to Parliament on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). Several press outlets have covered the report. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's (OPC) press […]
Nathan Fan is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. America’s favourite hotel heiress Paris Hilton can now proceed with her litigation against Hallmark Cards over the unauthorized use of her picture and catchphrase “That’s hot”, according to a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Paris Hilton, who […]