I had the opportunity to speak with Owen Byrd, the Chief Evangelist and General Counsel for the Legal Analytics company Lex Machina. Based in Menlo Park, California, Lex Machina is one of the many legal technology startup companies that has recently sprouted in the Silicon Valley area. As a leader in the intersection of legal […]
Canadian science fiction writer, journalist, and blogger Cory Doctorow has published a new book on Copyright and Digital Rights Management (DRM) reform Information Doesn't Want to Be Free. The book approaches these subjects from a content creator's perspective, and is a succinct and thoughtful piece that explores the challenges of Copyright and the use of Digital Rights […]
Since 2007, IP Osgoode awards prizes every year to students of Osgoode Hall Law School for their contributions to our website. These prizes are generously sponsored by the law firm of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP. We are happy to announce that IP Osgoode will once again be issuing the series of four prizes, the Gowlings […]
In Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc v Sandoz Inc, a patent infringement case evolved into an opportunity for the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to settle a decades-long controversy regarding how the Federal Circuit should review patent construction claims. By convention, the Federal Circuit has reviewed such claims de novo, ignoring Rule 52(a) of […]
The world has many problems to solve. Billions live without reliable energy and lack adequate access to water, healthcare, and education. More people die from lack of clean water than from war. Our food system, the primary source of income for billions, must grow to meet the needs of another two billion people. Poverty is […]
As part of a full year of events marking its 50th anniversary, the Faculty of Science at York University is hosting Celebrating #WomenInSTEM, on Saturday, March 7 from 10am onward in the main floor of the Life Sciences Building on the Keele campus.
The Lassonde School of Engineering at York University today launched a new $1.5-million challenge to become the first engineering school in Canada to reach a 50:50 gender balance.
The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and IP Osgoode are delighted to announce our 2015 Canadian writing challenge in intellectual property law.
What do cows, kangaroos, and frozen yogurt have in common? Leave it to Osgoode’s Harold G. Fox Intellectual Property Moot team to tell you the answer! On February 20 and 21, 2015, the 7th Annual Harold G. Fox Moot carried on the tradition of promoting education in the intellectual property field and providing students with […]
In my previous post, I detailed how a single digital spin of a song can trigger multiple webcasting tariffs. I also mentioned that royalties are not always paid wholly and directly to a single “creator” of music, but rather distributed on a percentage basis, depending on the various roles in the creation of the musical recording. […]