Wendy Gordon is the Philip S. Beck Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law, and is currently serving as the Bacon-Kilkenny Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law. Now that Apple is removing DRM from its itunes songs, newspapers are trumpeting the move in ways like this: "COPY AN ITUNES […]

Sanjukta Tole is an Osgoode Hall alumnus and practiced with the IP group of a large Vancouver law firm. In 2008, Louis Vuitton Malletier S.A. and Louis Vuitton Canada Inc. (collectively "LV"), the famous luxury goods maker, made headlines when it was awarded damages of over $1,000,000, the highest amount ever awarded in a counterfeit […]

Carys Craig is an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. In copyright law, the term "public domain" is commonly used to describe the sphere in which contents are free from copyright protection. The typical example is that of a work whose protection has expired, or one that fails to meet the minimum requirements.  Such […]

Ikechi Mgbeoji is an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. An interesting phenomenon in civilised circles these days is the wonderful ability of both the popular and academic commentariat to reduce or at least purport to reduce complex issues to convenient and potable sound-bites. Perhaps, the benevolence of "experts" in sparing members of the public […]

Graeme Dinwoodie is a Professor of Law at the Chicago-Kent College of Law and is an IP Osgoode Research Affiliate. The well-known marks doctrine provides an exception to the general rule of territoriality and will protect a foreign mark that is well-known but not used in the United States.  Although it has long been assumed that […]

Chris Castle is Managing Partner of Christian L. Castle Attorneys, a law firm specializing in music industry issues, content based technologies and public policy. Ever encounter people who think that illegal downloading can be solved by "turning off" the Internet?  That makes about as much sense as "voluntary collective licensing" or "ISP licensing" (used interchangeably).  […]