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 […]
Adam Heckman is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, and is currently enrolled in Professor Mgbeoji’s Patents class, in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. Intellectual Ventures (IV), a company that was initially founded on the premise of acting […]
Taylor Vanderhelm is a JD candidate at the University of Alberta. Recently, Apple garnered unwanted attention when it was discovered by security researchers Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden that the iPhone was recording location and time stamp data through its GPS and wireless internet capabilities and then backing up the information, unencrypted, whenever users synced […]
Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. In a “stalking horse” bid, Google has offered US$900-million for the patent portfolio of fallen telecommunications giant Nortel Networks. Although Google has openly admitted that part of its motive is simply to deter lawsuits, the move has industry analysts marvelling at the extent of […]
Leslie Chong is a J.D. Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Google has launched a new music service that aims to curtail music piracy in India. By teaming up with three digital music providers who represent a large portion of Indian performers, Google’s services will direct internet users to free yet legitimate content for streaming. […]
Robert Dewald is a J.D. Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Canadian telecommunications giant Research in Motion (RIM), which manufacturers the popular BlackBerry, has reportedly offered information and tools to assist India’s government in monitoring encrypted emails and messaging services (Reuters). India, which had threatened to shut down the BlackBerry service, is the latest country to […]
Robert Dewald is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Online keyword advertising, using internet search engines such as Google and Yahoo!, continues to be a highly contentious area of the law. Litigation involving trademark infringement by competing companies in keyword advertising campaigns continues in Canada and around the world. In Canada, it appears […]
Robert Dewald is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Online advertising is a growing and lucrative business. In 2009, $22.7 billion USD was spent on online advertising within the U.S. which is projected to grow to $25.1 billion USD by 2010. A significant amount of this revenue is generated by Google, Yahoo and […]
Virgil Cojocaru is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Google recently surprised the world by announcing it may pull out of China. In the meantime, it would no longer enforce China’s information suppression and screening platform. Ultimately, if Google leaves China, it will do so because the country’s government would not tolerate Google […]
George Nathanael is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. It’s the beginning of a new decade, and of course, the last one has seen the internet experience tremendous growth and change. Perhaps no other company has enjoyed the boom as much as Google. Just over 10 years ago, the then corporation of 8 […]