The WTO recently released its panel report on the US-China dispute over intellectual property rights. The panel found in the US’s favour on certain issues, with China winning out on others. Regardless of one’s views of the merits and politics of the dispute, it serves to highlight the difficult challenges faced in pursuing global intellectual […]
Alberto Musso is Full Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Competition Law and Deputy-Dean of the School of Law at the University of Bologna. He also teaches Copyright and Publishing Law in the Masters program directed by Prof. U. Eco. Professor Musso is a member of IP Osgoode's international advisory council. Bologna-Rome: Zanichelli-Il foro italiano, 2008, […]
Nicole Aylwin is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Communication and Culture Graduate Programme at York University. "Cultural policies, in brief, are those that regulate what has been called the marketplace of ideas" -- Paul DiMaggio It may seem questionable to preface a post on intellectual property with a quotation that addresses cultural policy rather than […]
The global economic downturn continues to make its impact. A few months ago, I mentioned the possibility that patents might be used to leverage credit, in the face of cautious lenders. Bloomberg.com is reporting that firms might be more desperate: “Small-cap technology companies from Silicon Valley to Israel, struggling to raise enough money to survive […]
With Americans electing a new president last week, change is the topic du jour. This is only compounded by the recent financial crisis, which led the chairman of the Federal Reserve to proclaim, "there are no atheists in foxholes and no ideologues in financial crises". Shortly thereafter, a bi-partisan coalition passed a bailout bill that […]