Irfan Lateef and Marko Zoretic are Partners at Knobbe Martens in Irvine, California. Mr. Zoretic is also an Osgoode Hall Law School graduate (2003) and is the founder and President of the Canadian American Bar Association. Canadian companies of all sizes can find themselves embroiled in patent infringement lawsuits south of the border, as a […]
Nathan Fan is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has begun sending letters to American universities and colleges notifying them that the Higher Education Opportunity Act requirements for combating piracy are already in effect and that the MPAA will be sending warning notices of any copyright […]
Nathan Fan is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School This past Friday, Viacom submitted its long-awaited appeal to the New York District Court decision in favour of YouTube issued earlier this year in June. Reports state that the 72 page appeal contends that Judge Stanton erred in affording YouTube the DMCA’s safe habour provision […]
Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency confirmed on Monday that it seized 82 domain names belonging to websites that were allegedly trading in pirated and counterfeit goods. The agency claims this is only an intermediate step in a larger ongoing project […]
Matt Lonsdale is a JD candidate at Dalhousie University In June of 2010, the UK’s Digital Economy Act came into force. The Act “includes provisions relating to the UK’s communications infrastructure, public service broadcasting, copyright licensing and online infringement of copyright, and security and safety online and in video games”. The Act was controversial from […]
Leslie Chong is a J.D. Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Following the court’s earlier ruling (our commentary here) in favour of The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), LimeWire has shut down its services after being served with a federal injunction that disables “LimeWire’s searching, downloading, uploading, file trading and distribution features, effective immediately.” […]
Nathan Fan is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Despite the multi-billion dollar success J.K. Rowling has achieved with her Harry Potter franchise (or perhaps in light of that success), Rowling has been unable to side-step copyright infringement lawsuits. On 14 October 2010, Justice Kitchin of London’s High Court held that plagiarism allegations […]
Tiffany Wong is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Previously on IPilogue, I discussed the U.S. Senate race between Harry Reid and Sharron Angle, who are both embroiled in copyright litigation. Hypothetically, these parties could succeed in raising different copyright defences in Canada. Senate Majority Leader Reid is being sued by Angle for […]
Nathan Fan is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School “Few things are more important to the future of the American economy and job creation than protecting our intellectual property”, said Senator Patrick J. Leahy while introducing the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) to the U.S. Senate on September 20, 2010. Aimed […]
Tiffany Wong is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader from Nevada, is struggling in his bid for re-election against Sharron Angle, a Republican endorsed by the Tea Party Express. Alongside the usual political mudslinging, the two are also embroiled in an intellectual property battle. Angle once had […]