IP Osgoode is an independent voice that explores legal governance issues at the intersection of intellectual property (IP) and technology. The program’s researchers, collaborators, and students actively engage in some of the most important and cutting-edge IP law and technology related research and policy discussions of today.
Commentary and analysis on the latest developments in intellectual property, technology and privacy, featuring curated contributions from students, scholars, and experts within the Osgoode community.
A new Regional Innovation Centre has been launched to help up-and-coming York Region companies reach the next level of growth. Called ventureLAB, the centre – which provides services at no-charge to qualified small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – is the go-to point for entrepreneurs looking to build world-class businesses.
Pauline Wong is the Assistant Director of IP Osgoode. The WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) has released a “Scoping Study on Copyright and Related Rights and the Public Domain”, prepared by Professor Séverine Dusollier of the University of Namur, Belgium. The Study recognizes that many business models now thrive on the public domain, […]
Adrienne Ng is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Donald Light and Rebecca Warburton (hereafter LW), in February 2011, published a paper entitled “Demythologizing the high costs of pharmaceutical research”. The paper suggests that the US$802 million price tag of pharmaceutical innovation estimated in a 2003 report is inflated. A more sound estimate would be US$43 […]
Brian Parker is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and currently enrolled in the course Law & Social Change: Law & Music, in Winter 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. Uncertainty in the efficacy of current Canadian copyright legislation to address […]
Matt Lonsdale is a JD candidate at Dalhousie University. In an open letter to the Deputy Minister of Public Safety dated March 9, 2011, the federal Privacy Commissioner of Canada and her provincial and territorial counterparts expressed their concerns with the government’s lawful access initiative, a series of bills which would grant new surveillance powers […]
Tom Gertner is a first year JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and currently enrolled in the course Law & Social Change: Law & Music, in Winter 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. It is inherently difficult for record labels […]
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