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.
Earlier this month, Facebook experienced a backlash when it changed its privacy policy. The grassroots uprising can be seen on blogs such as The Consumerist, which dissected and criticized the new policies. Although Facebook had always reserved an “irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license” to use any content from its users, the new […]
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission began hearings on February 17th in Gatineau to gain a better understanding of the “New Media” environment, to determine whether there should be some sort of regulation of online media. Though there are currently Canadian content requirements for broadcasters of traditional media, it is unlikely that the CRTC will […]
The recent situation concerning the Haka Ka Mate traditional dance is demonstrative that intellectual property law as it now stands, does not always provide the best fit. The Haka Ka Mate is a traditional dance that was composed by the Te Rauparaha of Ngati Toa to commemorate his escape from death. However, it is now […]
Recently Shepard Fairey, the creator of the famous Obama poster, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. against the Associated Press [AP]. Fairey is asking the federal court to declare that his poster did not infringe the copyright of AP’s photograph. AP claimed ownership of the image appearing on the poster. The image closely resembles a photograph taken […]
Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Director of IP Osgoode and an Assistant Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. Osgoode Hall students participated in the Harold G. Fox Moot this past weekend. The moot was founded by Professor Emir Mohammed (IP Osgoode Research Affiliate), Mohammed Hashim both of Windsor Law School and the partnership of Dimock Stratton […]
N. Ayse Odman Boztosun is Associate Professor of Law at Erciyes University Law Faculty, Kayseri, Turkey. She holds two master degrees from Oxford University where she has successfully submitted a thesis on the analysis of the competition law provisions in TRIPs. Her PhD thesis was on the mutual role of IPRs and competition law in […]
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