Simone Garcia is a high school student at The Country Day School in King City, Ontario, Canada, who is writing for the IPilogue on intellectual property (IP) law, technology and, in this case, social media. This is the first in IPilogue's series showcasing a high school student's perspective on IP and technology issues. Recently, Vanity Fair […]
Kalen Lumsden is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Committee on the Impact of Copyright Policy on Innovation in the Digital Era is using some of the innovations of the digital era to vet drafts of research papers it commissioned. Through posting the drafts on its blog and asking for comments, the […]
Taylor Vanderhelm is a JD candidate at the University of Alberta. Less than a month after announcing its foray into online movie rentals, Google’s YouTube has made another significant announcement by offering users the ability to license their work using Creative Commons. Google is heralding the move as a way to foster creativity and sharing […]
Renée Brosseau and Andrea Rush are partners at Heenan Blaikie LLP and were counsel for GeoDigital International Inc. in the appeal in Canrock Ventures LLC v. Ambercore Software Inc. and Terrapoint Canada (2008) Inc. The sale of a business in the context of a receivership occurs on an “as is where is” basis. The would-be purchaser of […]
Michael Gilburt is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On May 18, 2011, a review committee led by Cardiff University Professor Ian Hargreaves released a report that deemed the UK’s intellectual property (IP) regime obsolete in the digital age. Prime Minster David Cameron commissioned the report following claims made by the founders of […]
Brent Randall is a JD candidate at the University of Ottawa. On May 24, 2011, in Missouri, US District Court Judge Catherine D. Perry denied an injunction requested by tattoo artist S. Victor Whitmill against Warner Bros. to prevent the release of the upcoming comedy film “The Hangover: Part II” on May 26. Mr. Whitmill […]
Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Despite public calls driven by morbid curiosity and a yen for closure, the White House has decided not to release the post-mortem photos of Osama bin Laden. According to US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates, the decision was motivated in part by concern that […]
Danny Titolo is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Google has officially entered the online music storage and streaming field. The service is called Music Beta by Google, and allows users to upload music libraries to a personal storage locker online. From this storage locker or cloud, users can then download or stream […]
Pauline Wong is the Assistant Director of IP Osgoode. The WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) has released a “Scoping Study on Copyright and Related Rights and the Public Domain”, prepared by Professor Séverine Dusollier of the University of Namur, Belgium. The Study recognizes that many business models now thrive on the public domain, […]
Matt Lonsdale is a JD candidate at Dalhousie University. In the recent British case of Media CAT Ltd v Adams & Ors, significant media attention created a public relations nightmare for the copyright holders who want to enforce their rights but do not wish to be perceived as bullies picking on sympathetic defendants. Ultimately, the […]