Advisory Board
Diagnosing Ontario’s Electronic Medical Records Bill: Healthier, but Not Out of the Woods Yet
The Ontario Government’s new electronic health records bill has passed its second reading. The Electronic Personal Health Information Protection Act (Bill 78, EPHIPA or EHR Act), is a responsive and important – yet still wanting – update to Ontario’s 2004 electronic health records legislation.
Announcing the 2013 IP Intensive Program
We are pleased to announce details of the 2013 Intellectual Property Law and Technology Intensive Program. The tremendously successful program is currently in its third year, but it is continuing to grow. We are excited to announce the offering of three brand new placements for 2013, and the return of an excellent placement from the […]
Acknowledging Copyright’s Illegitimate Offspring: User-Generated Content and Canadian Copyright Law
Bill C-11[1] provides for a new exception to infringement for user-generated content (UGC), along with new grounds for fair dealing. These provisions, combined with a strong and clear message from the Supreme Court of Canada’s pentalogy of copyright cases regarding users’ rights and the copyright balance, signal a new paradigm for copyright law in Canada—one […]
Winners of the Gowlings Best Blog in IP and Technology Law Prize!
IP Osgoode would like to congratulate the winners of the Gowlings Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize for 2012-2013. Four prizes in total are awarded each year to Osgoode students and the winning blog posts are featured in the IPilogue. Recipients also receive a $500 award, are announced at Convocation and receive a […]
IP Osgoode Speaker Series Videos
IP Osgoode would like to thank The Honourable Justice Marshall Rothstein and The Honourable Mr. Justice Roger T. Hughes for being a part of our speaker series. They both provided thought provoking commentary on intellectual property litigation from a judicial perspective. For those who were unable to attend our speaker series events in person, analysis […]