Rooney Doesn’t Have To Pay Commissions Due To Unfair Restraint Of Trade

Brent Randall is a JD candidate at the University of Ottawa. On December 1, 2011, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales ruled on a case involving English soccer superstar Wayne Rooney and his former agency, Proactive Sports Management Limited, over commission payments.  Among five issues the Court decided, the most important involved whether […]

Expiry Notice: A Review Of EU Antitrust Rules And Technology Transfer Agreements

Courtney Doagoo is a doctoral student at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. On December 6 2011, the European Commission launched a public consultation to review the current regulatory regime surrounding “EU antitrust rules for the assessment of technology transfer agreements” for “patents, know-how and software licensing”. The aim of the public consultation is […]

IP Osgoode 2011: A Transformative Year for Intellectual Property and Technology

Pauline Wong is the Assistant Director of IP Osgoode. Mekhala Chaubal is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. 2011 will be remembered as a year of social movements and political upheavals in many parts of the world. This trend of transformation and development extended to Canadian and international intellectual property law. As a […]

European ISP Wins Battle Against Monitoring Its Network For Copyright Infringement

Mark Bowman is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Court of Justice of the European Communities has ruled that internet service providers (ISPs) cannot be forced to monitor subscriber traffic if doing so impedes on their freedom to conduct their business and if doing so would infringe on the fundamental rights of […]

“Communication To The Public” Also Hot-Button Issue Across the Pond

Ben Farrow is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. As previously reported by the IPilogue here, the Supreme Court of Canada is not the only national court grappling with the term “communication to the public”. Similar to two of the internet copyright cases heard by the Supreme Court of Canada earlier this month […]

Amazon.com Appeal Allowed By The Federal Court Of Appeal

Nora Sleeth is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. In June 2011, Amazon.com appeared before the Federal Court of Appeal as respondents in an appeal of the Federal Court’s decision that Amazon’s “one-click” business model was patentable subject matter. On November 24, 2011, the Federal Court of Appeal released its decision and allowed […]