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Osgoode PhD Amanda Turnbull Investigates How Algorithms Do Things with Words

Throughout her doctoral studies, Amanda Turnbull has grappled with the legal consequences of “machines doing things with words.” Her timely dissertation, Law, Language, and Authority: The Algorithmic Turn, completed in August 2024, offers a measured yet unflinching reflection on how artificial intelligence is transforming society and the law.

A.I. Paintings: Registrable Copyright? Lessons from Ankit Sahni

Govind Kumar Chaturvedi is an IPilogue Writer and an LLM graduate from Osgoode Hall Law School. We sat down to chat about how he registered Suryast in Canada. Mr. Sahni told me that he had been inspired by Ryan Abbott’s DABUS, to take on this intellectual property legal experiment. I wanted to learn more about […]

The US Copyright Office Clarifies that Copyright Protection Does Not Extend to (Exclusively) AI-Generated Work

Katie Graham is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School In March 2022, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) allowed its first artificial intelligence (AI)-authored copyright registration of a painting co-created by the AI tool, RAGHAV Painting App (“RAGHAV”), and the IP lawyer who created RAGHAV, Ankit Sahni. RAGHAV is the […]

Mickey Mouse to Enter Public Domain in 2024

Serena Nath is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Every year on January 1, works protected under copyright law enter into the public domain due to their copyright protection expiring. Thus, as a new year approaches, those in the field of copyright look to see which works will […]