All About 'The Bargain' at the 2014 Harold G. Fox Intellectual Property Moot
What an experience! Osgoode's team is back from their weekend of competition at the Harold G. Fox Intellectual Property Moot, and boy did we get a 'bargain'!
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Canadian Lawyer Magazine Reports on Osgoode’s Experiential Learning Opportunities
Canadian Lawyer Magazine's 4Students featured an article last week on Osgoode Hall’s experiential education programs. In addition to reporting on Osgoode’s new McMurtry Visiting Clinical Fellowship, the magazine recognized Osgoode as the first law school in Canada to make experiential learning a mandatory component of its curriculum. IP Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law and Technology Intensive […]
The Pentalogy: The Supreme Court Clarifies Canada's Copyright Law in Five Major Decision
On Thursday July 12, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered it's judgements in five major copyright cases. These judgements will shape Canada's copyright law for many years to come.
The Legal Implications of Commercializing Intellectual Property Rights
IP Osgoode's Professor Giuseppina D'Agostino is featured in Osgoode's April 2012 Research Byte: The Legal Implications of Commercializing Intellectual Property Rights. See the video embedded in the masthead or click here.
IP Note: Ysolde Gendreau on the Copyright Act
Professor Ysolde Gendreau from the Faculty of Law at the University of Montreal wrote an interesting opinion piece for the Montreal Gazette last week. The piece canvasses the history of the Copyright Act, and draws an analogy between the current debate and a similar reform process that took place in the 1950s. In her article, […]
Reminder: Harold G. Fox Intellectual Property Moot This Friday (February 17, 2012)
On Friday February 17th, Osgoode Hall will continue its tradition of annual participation in the Harold G. Fox Intellectual Property Moot and the 2011-2012 Fox Moot team has been hard at work preparing. Representing Osgoode will be: Alex Chang (Class of 2012) and Kyle Rees (class of 2012) in the role of the Respondent, Aaron Kucharczuk (class of 2012) […]
Developing: Megaupload Take Down and Attacks by Anonymous
Ben Farrow is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. It was a big day in the copyright enforcement world today as US federal authorities moved to shut down website Megaupload. The crackdown included charges against seven people as well as the seizure of over 50 million dollars in assets. As the internet's most […]
"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 […]
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 […]