Nirav Bhatt is an LLM candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The internet has been a useful resource for all ages across the globe. Although the first effects of the revolution were seen in the West, it subsequently spread across the world. Be it the open source software, access to literary and artistic works, music, […]
Lorraine Fleck is a Toronto, Canada lawyer and trade-mark agent who practices advertising and marketing, information technology, intellectual property and packaging and labeling law at Hoffer Adler LLP. The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (BIA) and Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) were recently amended. One of the amendments provides IP licensees with more certainty regarding the […]
Pamela Samuelson is the Richard M. Sherman ‘74 Distinguished Professor of Law and Information at the University of California at Berkeley. Professor Samuelson has a new article available on SSRN, “Google Book Search and the Future of Books in Cyberspace" (forthcoming in the Minnesota Law Review). The Google Book Search (GBS) initiative once promised to […]
George Nathanael is a JD student at Osgoode Hall Law School. Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that is open for editing to the general public, with its 14 million articles in over 260 languages, continues to be a life-saver for students around the world. It seems like not so long ago when the dominant mentality […]
Brandon Evenson is a 2010 JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. In November of last year, as part of the 31st International Data Commissioners Conference, privacy experts from around the world met in Madrid Spain to draft an international standard for the protection of privacy and personal data. It does not come as a […]
Billy Barnes is a JD candidate at the University of Toronto. A year after the US Second Circuit found that remote storage digital video recorders (RS-DVRs) did not violate copyright, the High Court of Singapore has come to the opposite conclusion. The Court found that operators of commercial RS-DVR services would be liable for authorization […]
Alex Gloor is a JD student at Osgoode Hall Law School Questions about an individual's right to privacy in light of technological advances have persisted for over a century. Government sanctioned uses of invading technologies have proved to be especially contentious. This debate has been rekindled as governments worldwide have proposed full body scanners as a […]
Amanda Carpenter is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. In a recent Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice article, Jeremy Phillips writes about how a 'repeat order' is one of the most sought after goals in business, which signals that the business has done something right. A 'repeat order' is defined as […]
IP Osgoode and the Hennick Centre for Business and Law are presenting a unique half-day conference on February 11, 2010. It will feature experts who will discuss obstacles and opportunities for entrepreneurs and innovators who wish to commercialize their intellectual property. The keynote speaker will be Loudon Owen, Co-founder of McLean Watson Capital and Chairman […]
Nicole Aylwin is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Communication and Culture Graduate Programme at York University. This past December the World Trade Organization appellate body ruled against China in a dispute with the United States. The US initiated the dispute in 2007 to address three concerns: 1) China was prohibiting foreign businesses from importing publications, […]