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
On occasion, regulatory approval announcements in healthcare rise above the din and make headlines. Few have done so with the impact of Pear Therapeutics’ reSET, a treatment for substance addiction, which is so significant because it is neither a drug nor a therapeutic medical device, in the traditional sense: it’s an app that runs on […]
Counterfeit products are a growing issue and have resulted in an annual estimated loss of $20-30 billion in tax revenue for Canada over the past few years. In particular, the rise in counterfeit sports merchandise has been almost uncontrollable.
We are happy to announce that one of IP Osgoode's Innovation Clinic clients, Lyofresh Technologies, is a winner of York University's LaunchYU AccelerateUP venture award. To read more about the AccelerateUP Program and the winners of the venture award, please click here.
This article is cross-posted with permission from the author. To read the original post from Canadian Lawyer, click here. Law students from the IP Osgoode Innovation Clinic, in collaboration with lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP’s IP group, will offer pro bono one-to-one intellectual property advice at an upcoming Ask the Expert program. The program takes place […]
IP Osgoode, the IP Osgoode Innovation Clinic, and Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP are pleased to announce their participation in the 2017 Accessibility Innovation Showcase’s Ask the Expert Program September 25 to 26 at The Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen Street West (at Bay Street), Toronto, ON. Members of the IP Osgoode Innovation Clinic […]
It is that time of year when honest Canadians self-report their incomes and voluntarily pay their taxes. But is the tax system impartial to all taxpayers, or does it prejudice against certain activities while subsidizing others? We can learn a thing or two about challenging the status quo from the fictional copyright cases on taxation […]
There is much ado these days about fake news. Some find it entertaining. Others find it dangerous. Neither can claim that it has been positive or educational. We can learn a thing or two about fake news that lightens the heart and enlightens the mind from the politician A.P. Herbert.
The last day of June 2017 saw the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) quash the controversial Promise Doctrine. The issue at hand in AstraZeneca Canada Inc v Apotex Inc was whether the Promise Doctrine should be held as the correct standard of utility under the Patent Act. The SCC’s ruling finds the Promise Doctrine unsound […]
We are pleased to announce a call for applications for a number of exciting opportunities with IP Osgoode including IPilogue Editors and Innovation Clinic Fellows. See below for more information. Osgoode students are invited to attend the IP Osgoode Student Information Session on Monday, September 11, from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM in room 2008. […]
I was invited to attend the Canadian Bar Association Intellectual Property section’s IP Day 2017 and Judges’ Dinner, on May 11, 2017 in Ottawa. It was an honour to be invited as the winner of the Intellectual Property Law student essay contest for my paper “Just Laugh It Off: Trademark Parody and the Expansion of […]