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.
Munyonzwe Hamalengwa is a Ph.D candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is taking the Intellectual Property Theory course. Feminism along with marxist, critical legal studies and critical race theories have mounted serious challenges to the inherited western legal tradition that has claimed that law is neutral and objective even though law, from time immemorial […]
George Nathanael is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Last week a French court ordered eBay to pay €1.7M in damages to LVMH Möet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, a holding company of a number of luxury goods brands, for failing to comply with an injunction set as part of an earlier ruling. The injunction, […]
Brian Chau is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. If everyone is the best, as per their advertising, would that mean that all products are merely average? This is a conundrum that serves as a key point of consumer frustration: How do we differentiate amongst products who all seem to be claiming the […]
Brandon Evenson is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On Tuesday, November 24th, the federal government tabled legislation mandating all ISPs to report child pornography. Bill C-58 requires that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) report the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or Internet Protocol (IP) address where child pornography may be available to the public. If […]
Billy Barnes is a JD Candidate at the University of Toronto. The Australian government recently rejected a recommendation by the Productivity Commission to repeal the Copyright Act's parallel import restrictions. Parallel import restrictions, which exist in most English-speaking countries including Canada, prevent the importation of copyrighted works without the consent of the local rightsholder. Australia's […]
Amanda Carpenter is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Many thanks to Bijan Soleymani, a M. Eng Candidate at McGill University. In a recent post, the internationally renowned security technologist and author Bruce Schneier proposed a “taxonomy” of social networking data. In this taxonomy, he divides social networking data into five categories: Service […]
Editor in Chief: Prof. Carys Craig (ccraig@osgoode.yorku.ca)
Submission inquiries: iposgoode@osgoode.yorku.ca