Last week the Globe & Mail put out an article on a recent trademark registration that raised the ire of many in the art market. It seems like this issue has now been resolved as the Trademark holders have recently stated that they are willing to expunge the mark and consequently, submit to the storm […]

Adam Bucci is a first year law student at Osgoode Hall taking the "Legal Values: Challenges in Intellectual Property" course. I would like to address the impact that open source software has had on our intellectual property regime.  In this post, I will: (i) outline some strong claims for significantly diluting - if not wholly […]

On March 20, IP Osgoode and the Hennick Center for Business and Law hosted a conference entitled, Commercialization of Innovative Research: Implementing solutions that work for Canada.  The conference brought together stakeholders in innovation and commercialization from across Canada and the US. The speaking panels were composed of a diverse set of individuals from government, industry, […]

In recent years, there has been a growing concern about the increasing levels of greenhouse gas emissions and their detrimental effect on the environment. To respond to this concern, countries have agreed to abide by world-wide abatement targets by reducing CO2 emissions to a certain level.  However, curbing greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries has been […]

Afroditi Theodoridou is a PhD student at Osgoode Hall Law School. At the 27th Annual Conference of the Visual Resources Association (VRA), the international organization of image media professionals, the opening plenary session entitled "Fair Use or Fair Dealing: Which Should Give You More Comfort?" was held at the Ontario College of Art & Design […]

Chris Castle is Managing Partner of Christian L. Castle Attorneys, Los Angeles and San Francisco.  If you believe as I do that "voluntary collective licensing" is neither voluntary, collective nor a license, you will be interested in reading "Choruss's Covenant: The Promised Land (Maybe) For Record Labels; A Lesser Destination For Everyone Else," a very […]