Matt Lonsdale is a JD Candidate at Dalhousie University This November, Jennifer Stoddart’s term as Canada’s Privacy Commissioner will come to an end. The Conservative government may choose to re-appoint her and Stoddart has indicated she would accept the appointment if it were offered. However, the Vancouver Sun is reporting that it’s uncertain whether they […]
Leslie Chong is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School The Queen’s Bench for Saskatchewan has ruled in Wira v. Jubilee Enterprises Ltd. that The Executions Act in their province does not allow for the seizure of copyright and trademarks from judgment debtors. This decision runs contrary to the longstanding precedent set in the […]
Stuart Freen is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law Schoo Apple recently revised some of its policies and practices relating to the reviews of its applications (or “apps”) for its iPhone and iPad App Store. The changes are aimed at improving transparency and fairness in the review process. Among the changes are a brand […]
IP Osgoode is pleased to introduce IPilogue’s 2010-11 editorial team to the Osgoode community. As many of you know, IPilogue is the first online review of its kind, featuring thoughtful intellectual property and technology law commentary by its student editors as well as scholars and other experts from around the world. As an interdisciplinary forum, […]
Essien Udokang is an Articling Student at Torys LLP The term “good faith” suggests a sincere belief or motive without any malice or the desire to defraud others. Section 73(1)(a) of the Patent Act requires that, during the prosecution of a patent, an applicant reply in good faith to any requisition made by a patent […]
Stuart Freen is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Waterloo-based mobile phone company Research In Motion may be set to reveal a new Blackberry-branded tablet PC at its developer conference next week. Market watchers predict that RIM will unveil a 7-inch touchscreen device tentatively called the “BlackPad”, which would go on sale in […]
Nathan Fan is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Yesterday, Netflix launched its leading Internet movie subscription service in Canada, hoping to add “meaningfully to the entertainment choices available to Canadian consumers”. For $7.99 a month, Netflix is offering unlimited streaming of thousands of movies and TV shows to anyone with a broadband […]
Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School About 3 years ago, when I decided to join forces with Catherine Ng and Lionel Bently, in editing a collection of essays, The Common Law of Intellectual Property: Essays in Honour of David Vaver, I could […]
Nathan Fan is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School In a decision with “big brother” dimensions, the 9th Circuit on August 12, 2010 affirmed a ruling that the Fourth Amendment right is not violated when law enforcement agents enter a driveway without a warrant to plant a surveillance device on one’s car. With […]
Amanda Carpenter is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has pointed to US polling showing that as much as 45 percent of employers use social networking sites when scrutinizing job candidates. This didn’t surprise me, as I happen to know someone whose full-time job was […]