IP Osgoode and the Hennick Centre for Business and Law are presenting a unique half-day conference on February 11, 2010. It will feature experts who will discuss obstacles and opportunities for entrepreneurs and innovators who wish to commercialize their intellectual property. The keynote speaker will be Loudon Owen, Co-founder of McLean Watson Capital and Chairman […]
Munyonzwe Hamalengwa is a Ph.D candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. There are millions of words that have been written both by conservative and progressive judges, lawyers, scholars, political scientists, social scientists, historians and journalists on various judicial philosophies and interpretative doctrines, but the influence of the status of the litigant in influencing judicial decision […]
2009 was a significant year for developments in the area of intellectual property and technology. We have put together a brief list of noteworthy news, events and cases that we have covered this past year. Many of these items received top mainstream news coverage and were closely watched by the Canadian public. We are also […]
Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode and an Assistant Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. IP Osgoode would like to wish each of you a very Happy Holiday! We appreciate your interest and support over the past year and would like to thank all of you for the many kind comments […]
Brian Chau is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods, Martha Stewart – all mighty brand names, with all too-famous stumbles. Personal branding is a powerful tool – our minds subconsciously create the association, and without knowing, we suddenly consider Accenture as a lean, mean consulting machine. However, what happens when the […]
Virgil Cojocaru is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The South African Supreme Court of Appeal ruled on Century City Apartments Property Services CC and the Registrar of Companies and Close Corporations v Century City Property Owners Association. A helpful article on the case can be found at the Adams & Adams website. […]
There’s been much talk about poor leadership and wasteful spending with respect to eHealth in Ontario, but there has been little discussion about the fundamental issues associated with e-Health. Do you know who owns electronic health records? Is it the hospital? The doctor? The government? The patient? Aside from privacy and ethics, electronic health records […]
Michael John Long is an LLM candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. He introduces his current thesis research below. ‘That is why there is no hope for the vagrant as he stands before the magistrate. Even if, through his stammerings, he should utter a cry to pierce the soul, neither the magistrate nor the public […]
Brian Chau is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. If everyone is the best, as per their advertising, would that mean that all products are merely average? This is a conundrum that serves as a key point of consumer frustration: How do we differentiate amongst products who all seem to be claiming the […]
Blake Moran is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. When you tell someone that you have an undergraduate degree in science, a masters degree in business, and have started studying law, they usually say something like “seems to me like you REALLY can’t make up your mind!” But this summer, I finally got […]