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WIPO and the Future of Intellectual Property

WIPO and the Future of Intellectual Property

Nirav Bhatt is an LLM candidate at Osgoode Hall and is taking the Intellectual Property Theory course. WIPO has been the forefront organization within the United Nations (UN) dedicated to develop a balanced and accessible international Intellectual Property (IP) system. Although it was established in 1967, its history stretches back to one hundred and thirty […]

Revised Google Books Settlement: Orphan works and competition

Revised Google Books Settlement: Orphan works and competition

Billy Barnes is a JD candidate at the University of Toronto. Last Friday, Google filed a revised settlement agreement for the class action law suit regarding its Google Book Search service. The settlement addresses many complaints directed at the original proposed settlement in October 2008. The two most important of these are the handling of […]

From 中文.cn to 中文。中国: The Introduction of Internationalized Top-Level-Domains

From 中文.cn to 中文。中国: The Introduction of Internationalized Top-Level-Domains

Amanda Carpenter is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Many thanks to Bijan Soleymani, a M. Eng Candidate at McGill University. [Note: This article includes non-Latin characters (such as Chinese language characters). The ability to view such text will depend on your internet browser settings.] IDNs vs Internationalized TLDS = fully vs partly […]

Protecting Developing Countries through the Trips Agreement: What is the Real State of Play?

Protecting Developing Countries through the Trips Agreement: What is the Real State of Play?

Wiseman Ubochioma is a doctoral candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University and is taking the Intellectual Property Theory course. The TRIPS Agreement has always been heralded as a milestone achievement recorded in the field of intellectual property. It provides a minimum standard of intellectual property protection among WTO members and reduces the […]

Women and IP: Finding the Elusive Balance in Intellectual Property

Women and IP: Finding the Elusive Balance in Intellectual Property

Amanda Carpenter is a JD Student at Osgoode Hall Law School and Katrina Leung is a JD Student at Queen’s University. On 6 November 2009, IP Osgoode and the Institute for Feminist Legal Studies jointly organized the second annual Women and IP Roundtable. Gowlings Lafleur Henderson LLP hosted the event at their downtown Toronto office. […]

The Osgoode Hall Review of Law and Policy focuses on Canadian copyright consultations

The Osgoode Hall Review of Law and Policy focuses on Canadian copyright consultations

Adrian Scotchmer is the Editor-in-Chief of the Osgoode Hall Review of Law and Policy.  The latest issue of the Osgoode Hall Review of Law and Policy may be of interest to readers of IP Osgoode as it concerns the recent Copyright Consultations held by the Minister of Industry and the Minister of Canadian Heritage and […]

Could we end up paying to subvert our privacy rights?

Could we end up paying to subvert our privacy rights?

Virgil Cojocaru is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Ms. Jennifer Stoddart, in a letter to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security concludes that the Investigative Powers for the 21st Century Act (Bill C-46) and the Technical Assistance for Law Enforcement in the 21st Century […]

The Yes Men: Clever Parody or Fraudulent Opportunism?

The Yes Men: Clever Parody or Fraudulent Opportunism?

Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The United States Chamber of Commerce (USCOC) recently filed a lawsuit against a group of self-proclaimed prankster activists known as the Yes Men. A few weeks ago the Yes Men staged a fake news conference where they posed as USCOC representatives and announced that they […]

i4i Inc. vs. the Software Giant: success story and advice from the underdog

i4i Inc. vs. the Software Giant: success story and advice from the underdog

Nathan Fan is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. When Toronto-based i4i Inc. suspected their software patent had been infringed by Microsoft Corp., they rallied their resources and launched a lawsuit against the software giant in March 2007.  i4i’s patent was granted in 1998 for their XML software which allowed users to manage large amounts […]