Sangeetha Punniyamoorthy and Thomas Kurys are lawyers at Dimock Stratton LLP, and both are Osgoode alumni. The 3rd annual Harold G. Fox Moot took place this past weekend (February 18-19, 2011) at the Federal Court in downtown Toronto. This year’s moot problem dealt with the common law tort of passing off and the issue of […]
IP Osgoode wishes the best of luck to the Osgoode team for the 3rd Annual Harold G. Fox Moot (2011 Canadian IP Moot) : Anna Koppelman, Devin Doyle, Jonathan Park, Kimberly Lawton, and Leanna Yue. Many thanks to their coaches, Casey Chisick, Shane Hardy, and Timothy Pinos from Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP.
Leslie Chong is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Academic bloggers gathered at Osgoode Hall Law School to discuss their insights and experiences working with online forums through blogging and other social media sites. The panel discussion took place on February 9, 2011 and included Professors Simon Fodden, Sonia Lawrence, Kate Sutherland, and Giuseppina […]
2010 was a year filled with many noteworthy legal developments in the realm of intellectual property and technology. Out of the hundreds of stories that we featured through our events and online at IPilogue this past year, we have compiled some brief highlights. We are also pleased to share with you a list of the […]
IP Osgoode wishes everyone a very Happy Holiday and a Creative New Year! We appreciate your interest and support over the past year and look forward to another successful year. We will return from our short holiday break on 3 January 2011 and look forward to your participation in our upcoming activities.
Visit the Parliament of Canada website to view a calendar of meetings of the Legislative Committee on Bill C-32 (the "Copyright Modernization Act"). Meeting recordings and minutes are available on the site. The Committee is also welcoming briefs from groups and individuals who will not have the opportunity to appear before the Committee (documents should […]
The issue of orphan works is one of increasing significance, and has received global attention. Since 1989, the Copyright Board has been empowered to issue non-exclusive licences for the use of unlocatable owners’ works and other subject matters protected by copyright. The Canadian regime, which inspired Hungary’s 2009 initiative in this area, has received little […]
Ikechi Mgbeoji, Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and IP Osgoode Team Member, recently published a paper on the relevance of the patent system in the protection of the traditional knowledge possessed by indigenous cultures around the world. The article argues that despite broad differences in the philosophies which underpin the two models, there […]
Pamela Samuelson, director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and member of the IP Osgoode International Advisory Board, just co-authored an article, with Jason Schultz, on Bilski v. Kappos, 130 S. Ct. 3218 (2010). The article argues that the US Supreme Court clarified that generalized financial hedging techniques are abstract ideas ineligible for […]
Lionel Bently, the Herschel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Cambridge, and a member of IP Osgoode's International Advisory Council, has co-edited a collection of 15 essays on the history of copyright law, entitled Privilege and Property: Essays on the […]