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 […]
Professor Geertrui Van Overwalle (University of Leuven, Belgium) has edited a new book entitled "Gene Patents and Collaborative Licensing Models -- Patent Pools, Clearinghouses, Open Source Models and Liability Regimes". The book is briefly described below. Concerns have been expressed that gene patents might result in restricted access to research and health care. The exponential […]
Robert Dewald is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Technology plays an important role in today’s educational institutions by providing easy access to and distribution of music, art, literature and other information that forms the foundation of a person’s education. Yet the innovation and technological advances that have created powerful teaching tools, such […]
Dr. Ruth Corbin, Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall, and Managing Partner of CorbinPartners Inc., along with the Conference Board of Canada, have won the prestigious 2010 Murray Philp Prize for the project "Intellectual Property in the 21st Century." The release of the report was previously announced on the IP Osgoode site in mid-February. The award was […]
Many of you will wish to take note of the fast approaching submission deadlines for Canada's IP Writing Challenge and the IT.Can Student Writing Competition. Canada’s IP Writing Challenge is run by the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and IP Osgoode. Law students, graduate students and professionals are all encouraged to participate. The deadline […]
The OBA Entertainment, Media & Communications Section is accepting submissions for the launch of the OBA Entertainment, Media & Communications Section Newsletter – Journal Edition ("Journal"). The Journal will provide OBA members, their clients and the academic community with substantive scholarly work exploring legal aspects of the entertainment, media and communications industries. The Journal, which will be circulated […]
Robert Dewald is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School On May 12, 2010 the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) responded to several questions posed by the President of the EPO, Ms Alison Brimelow, regarding the patentability of computer programs in Europe. The resounding answer to these questions, provided […]
Robert Dewald is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The internet provides an ideal environment for users to express themselves, their ideals and concerns. This expression is valued by society and enshrined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which protects various rights and influences the interpretation of Canadian law. However, protecting […]
Osgoode has been invited to participate in a biannual international treaty negotiation competition hosted by The Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen. This year, the subject of the Copenhagen Competition is international IP law: “Access to Medicines”.
IP Osgoode is proud to announce the forthcoming publication of a new book edited by Lionel Bently (Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the University of Cambridge), Catherine W Ng (Lecturer of Law at the University of Aberdeen), and Giuseppina D'Agostino (Assistant Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School in Canada).