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"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 […]

Spanish Trademark Ruling Has One Side Happy, Other Side Seeing Red

Mark Bowman is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Courts of Appeals of Barcelona have dismissed an appeal by the Red Cross concerning the trademark infringement of the logo of the candy company Happy Pills. As reported by the Spanish website elPeriódico.com, the court rejected the Red Cross’s argument that the candy […]

Apple vs Samsung: Yet Another Blow Awaits Already Punch-Drunk Samsung

Hyungsuk Yoon is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is enrolled in Professor Ikechi Mgbeoji’s Patents class in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. While a few bloggers on IPilogue have already commented on the ongoing patent […]

The EU Patent: European Union Seeks Unitary Patent System

Katrine Ritto Tvede is a law student at the University of Copenhagen on exchange at Osgoode Hall Law School and is enrolled in Professor Ikechi Mgbeoji’s Patents class in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. Through innovation, patents are an […]

The Court Of Rome On Hosting Liability

Giovanni Maria Riccio is a Professor of Private Comparative Law at the University of Salerno, a Partner at Scorza Riccio & Partners, Rome, Italy, and an IP Osgoode Research Affiliate. He is also an Editor of MediaLaws: Law and Policy of the Media in a Comparative Perspective, www.medialaws.eu. The re-posting of this analysis is part of […]

EU Affirms Commitment To Homegrown Google Books Alternative

Ben Farrow is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On October 27, 2011 the European Commission adopted a recommendation (2011/711/EU) calling for the nations of the EU to pool their resources and renew their commitment to the digitisation of European cultural texts and artifacts. These cultural materials are stored in Europe’s digital library, […]

Flower Powers – ECJ Rules On Interflora v Marks And Spencer

Ben Farrow is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On September 22, 2011, the European Court of Justice handed down a judgement on a series of trade mark related questions spurred by the long running dispute between international flower delivery network Interflora and English retailer Marks and Spencer. The case stemmed from a […]

‘Symbols of Despotism’: The Refusal to Register a Trademark in the EU

Courtney Doagoo is a doctoral student at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. On September 20, 2011, the General Court of the European Union released its decision to refuse the registration of a Community trademark for the for the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) coat of arms, upholding the previous ruling by […]

EU Limits Embryonic Stem Cell Research Patentability

Grant O'Shea is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is enrolled in Professor Mgbeoji’s Patents class in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. While reading a news article on the recent European Court of Justice decision, Oliver […]