According to Daithí Mac Síthigh, Professor of Law and Innovation at Queen's University Belfast, making distinctions between media technologies matters a lot for regulation and law. During a talk at Osgoode Hall Law School on November 6, Prof. Mac Síthigh elaborated on this idea, arguing for the importance of medium-specific approaches to media law and […]

IP Osgoode is pleased to mark the year Prof. David Vaver received the Order of Canada for his leadership in intellectual property as a “a scholar and mentor” with something just as timeless to share with Osgoode Hall Law students, our future leaders in intellectual property law. On Nov 20, following a day-long symposium honouring […]

Recently, IP Osgoode founder and director Prof. Giuseppina D’Agostino sat down with TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin to discuss “Fostering Innovation in Canada”. For the discussion, which aired October 25, Prof. D’Agostino was joined by Prof. Dan Breznitz (Co-Director of the Innovation Policy Lab and the Munk Chair of Innovation Studies at the University […]

Re-posted below is a media release from York University. TORONTO, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017 – For nearly 40 years, Professor David Vaver has been a guiding force in the Canadian intellectual property (IP) landscape. On Monday, Nov. 20, IP Osgoode and Osgoode Hall Law School at York University will host a special symposium in honour […]

In 2017, Canada won the dispute against the US-based pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly in investor-state arbitration (ISA). Foreign investors can sue sovereign governments in ISA in case of mistreatment, such as, for example, expropriation, a violation of fair and equitable treatment and discrimination.  To succeed in its claim, the investor should show that the state […]

IP Osgoode and the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) are thrilled to announce the winner of the ninth annual edition of Canada’s IP Writing Challenge: