Fiona Li

Patent Trolls and Defensive Patent Aggregation: Two sides of the same coin?

Fiona Li is a J.D. candidate at Osgoode Hall and is taking the Patent Law course. A non-practicing entity (NPE) is a patent owner that does not manufacture or use the patented invention. NPEs are commonly referred to as patent trolls. More specifically, patent trolls buy patents cheaply from entities not actively seeking to enforce […]

(Digital) Locks are multipurpose tools, and can be used or abused

In “(Digital) Locks are multipurpose tools, and can be used or abused”, Rusell McOrmond makes the distinction between digital locks on content, such as mechanisms on audio CDs that prevent users from “ripping” songs to external devices, and digital locks on devices, which only allows devices to play certain types of content.  He argues that […]