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.
Dan Whalen is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Earlier this month, a Québec court upheld a 2008 US judgment ordering self-styled “online marketer” Adam Guerbuez to pay over $1-billion (CAD) to Facebook, Inc. Guerbuez, a Montreal resident, was tried in absentia in California for allegedly pilfering Facebook users’ personal information to flood […]
Nathan Fan is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Despite the multi-billion dollar success J.K. Rowling has achieved with her Harry Potter franchise (or perhaps in light of that success), Rowling has been unable to side-step copyright infringement lawsuits. On 14 October 2010, Justice Kitchin of London’s High Court held that plagiarism allegations […]
Lionel Bently, the Herschel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Cambridge, and a member of IP Osgoode's International Advisory Council, has co-edited a collection of 15 essays on the history of copyright law, entitled Privilege and Property: Essays on the […]
Tiffany Wong is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Previously on IPilogue, I discussed the U.S. Senate race between Harry Reid and Sharron Angle, who are both embroiled in copyright litigation. Hypothetically, these parties could succeed in raising different copyright defences in Canada. Senate Majority Leader Reid is being sued by Angle for […]
Matt Lonsdale is a JD Candidate at Dalhousie University Last week the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) released its Annual Report to Parliament on the Privacy Act. A recurring theme is the friction at the nexus between individual privacy interests, national security concerns, and technological advances. In the Commissioner’s opening statement, she […]
Carys Craig is an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School Michael Geist’s edited collection of essays on copyright reform is being released on October 14th, and you are welcome to attend its launch. This exciting and timely publication, entitled ‘From “Radical Extremism” to “Balanced Copyright”: Canadian Copyright and the Digital Agenda’, contains twenty chapters […]
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