“A, B, C,…as easy as 1, 2, 3?” That remains to be seen. BMW may be driving Google down a bumpy road named Trademark-Infringement Lane, after Google surprised everyone on August 10th with the creation of a new company, Alphabet. I say this because the trademark “Alphabet” and the domain name alphabet.com are currently owned by German automobile-manufacturer BMW. Following the announcement, BMW reportedly […]

After Starbucks, American Eagle and Roberto Cavalli, it is now Moschino and its designer Jeremy Scott’s turn (yes, again) to face the latest street art copyright infringement case. Joseph Tierny — a New York artist commonly known as Rime — is accusing Moschino and Scott of “inexplicably plac[ing] [his] art on their highest-profile apparel without his knowledge […]

IP Osgoode would like to express our sincerest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Brian Isaac.  Mr. Isaac is fondly remembered by the Osgoode community for generously sharing his time and expertise with Osgoode's international IP mooting team (2015) in preparation for the Oxford International IP moot.  

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.

To read the original post on York University's yFile, click here. On Monday, Aug. 31, Osgoode Hall Law School at York University announced a further $1 million investment in financial accessibility to ensure that a greater number of students are able to access legal education.

To kick off the IP Intensive program for 2015, we would like to express our thanks and appreciation to SOCAN for their generosity in providing a subsidy for the IP Intensive out of town placements. The subsidy will assist those students placed in Ottawa and California with some of their expenses.  Osgoode Hall Law School […]