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U.S. Foreign Relations in the Digital Domain: Public Diplomacy 2.0

Feb 28, 2011 1 min read
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Dan Whalen is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Amid the struggle to bring peace and democracy to the Middle East, there is another lesser-known effort to win the hearts and minds of the region’s citizens online. The U.S. has waged a “war of ideas”, traditionally through unidirectional intervention, but a recent initiative […]

Last.fm – It’s About Choice, Not Cost

Feb 24, 2011 1 min read
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Sarah Falzon 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. Last.fm announced that it is ending its […]

Alternative to the iPod, Cloud Technology and Music Sales

Feb 23, 2011 1 min read
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Aaron Kleinman 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. Utilizing online services, like Grooveshark, Pandora, Spotify, […]

US Patent Reform Act of 2011 to Enact “First-to-File” System

Feb 23, 2011 1 min read
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Ivy Tsui is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. With a backlog of more than one million patent applications at the USPTO, the U.S. Congress has been pushing to reform the patent system since 2005. On February 3rd, 2011, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the Patent Reform Act of 2011 by a […]

New Blog, law.arts.culture, Debuted by Osgoode Professor, Kate Sutherland

Feb 23, 2011 1 min read
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Pauline Wong is the Assistant Director of IP Osgoode. A new member to the blogosphere, law.arts.culture, has been launched by Professor Kate Sutherland, a writer and Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. 

Canadian IP Community comes together for another Successful Harold G. Fox IP Moot

Feb 22, 2011 1 min read
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Sangeetha Punniyamoorthy and Thomas Kurys are lawyers at Dimock Stratton LLP, and both are Osgoode alumni. The 3rd annual Harold G. Fox Moot took place this past weekend (February 18-19, 2011) at the Federal Court in downtown Toronto. This year’s moot problem dealt with the common law tort of passing off and the issue of […]

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