Bob Tarantino is a lawyer in the Entertainment Law Group of Heenan Blaikie LLP. He holds graduate degrees in law from Osgoode Hall Law School and the University of Oxford. There are hopefully few who would object to efforts to simplify or make shorter the Copyright Act (Canada) – any piece of legislation which boasts [...]

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Amanda Carpenter is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has recently decided the case of Pequignot v. Solo Cup Co. between Matthew Pequignot, a licensed patent attorney, and the Solo Cup Company (“Solo”), a company that manufactures disposable cups, bowls, plates, and utensils. [...]

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Pamela Samuelson is the Richard M. Sherman ‘74 Distinguished Professor of Law and Information at the University of California at Berkeley. Researchers affiliated with the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology–Rob Merges and Pam Samuelson of Berkeley Law School, Ted Sichelman of University of San Diego Law School, and Stu Graham of the Georgia Institute [...]

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Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. It is no secret that there have been plenty of absurd patents issued over the years. The gerbil shirt, anyone? Of the three main requirements for patentability, utility definitely tends to have the lowest bar (novelty and non-obviousness being the others). Particularly in Canada, [...]

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