Ashlee Froese is an Osgoode Hall alumnus and currently practices intellectual property at the law firm of Keyser Mason Ball LLP. CIPO’s Consultation In an effort to maintain “a modern and efficient trade-marks regime” that is globally competitive, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) is re-considering whether Canada should ratify the Madrid Protocol.  CIPO last […]

George Nathanael is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. It’s the beginning of a new decade, and of course, the last one has seen the internet experience tremendous growth and change. Perhaps no other company has enjoyed the boom as much as Google. Just over 10 years ago, the then corporation of 8 […]

Brandon Evenson is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, an epic copyright war was being waged across the world…. This, perhaps, might have been a better introduction for the UK High Court of Justice Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in one of their […]

Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode and an Assistant Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. IP Osgoode would like to wish each of you a very Happy Holiday!  We appreciate your interest and support over the past year and would like to thank all of you for the many kind comments […]

Irina D. Manta is an Assistant Professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law. It is a common misconception in the United States that while applications for patent registration suffer delays, problems with the much simpler process of trademark registration are few and far between. As a result, scholars and practitioners have started […]

Brian Chau is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods, Martha Stewart - all mighty brand names, with all too-famous stumbles. Personal branding is a powerful tool - our minds subconsciously create the association, and without knowing, we suddenly consider Accenture as a lean, mean consulting machine. However, what happens when the […]