Comments from the Max Planck Institute regarding Draft EU Instruments

Samantha Schreiber is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law (the “Institute”) has published comments on two draft instruments (1) the Draft Commission Block Exemption Regulation on Research and Development Agreements (the “Draft R&D Regulation”) and (2) the Draft Guidelines on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements […]

Who Must Show Consent in an Intellectual Property Infringement Case?

Professor David Vaver is a member of IP Osgoode, a Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, an Emeritus Professor at the University of Oxford, an Emeritus Fellow of St. Peter’s College at Oxford and former Director of the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre. The unauthorized publication by two of the Aga Khan’s followers of a […]

Some (Still) Like It Hot: Marilyn Monroe’s Publicity Rights Sold For Millions

Leslie Chong is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Nearly 50 years since the iconic platinum blond actress’ death, her name still epitomizes Hollywood glamour and beauty around the world. The timelessness of her name and image has led Jamie Salter, a Toronto-based businessman who runs Authentic Brands Group in New York City, […]

Do Not Track Movement Gaining Traction

Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. In a blog post on his personal website, Mozilla global privacy and public-policy leader Alexander Fowler revealed that upcoming releases of Firefox will include a “Do Not Track” feature designed to stop online advertisers from tracking users. Google announced the same day that it will release a […]

Rejection of Abbott Laboratories’ HIV Drug Patent in India

Dan Whalen is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Indian Patent Office recently denied exclusive rights to Abbott Laboratories for a premier HIV-fighting drug – effectively opening up the market to lower-cost generic substitutes. The company’s application was officially contested by four opponents led by the non-governmental organization Initiative for Medicines, Access […]

Stanford v. Roche: the U.S. Bayh-Dole Act and Inventors’ Rights

Professor Sean O'Connor is a Research Affiliate to IP Osgoode, Director of the Law, Technology & Arts Group, Faculty Director of the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic, and Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle. Traditionally, debates over the ownership and use of government funded inventions revolve around the interests of: […]

Fair Dealing Fine-Tuned: Artmob Pilots New Initiative

Mark Kohras is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On 13 January 2011, the Artmob research project hosted a demonstration of the beta version of their software. Members of the community were invited to provide feedback on the intellectual property principles the software attempts to address. The software seeks to focus on a […]

Microsoft battles Apple’s “App Store” Trademark Registration

Ivy Tsui is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. In 2008, Apple filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the name “App Store” (serial number 77525433). Microsoft objected to this and filed a motion challenging this application on January 10th, 2011. The current status for Apple’s trademark request […]

Rogers Attracting CRTC Attention Over Bandwidth Throttling

Stuart Freen is a J.D. candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. In a strongly-worded letter leaked on Michael Geist’s website, the CRTC has accused Rogers with failing to live up to its net neutrality obligations. The letter charges that Rogers’ internet traffic management policies “were not reflected on Rogers’ website and thus did not meet […]

User-Generated Content Sites and Section 512 of the US Copyright Act

Matt Lonsdale is a JD candidate at Dalhousie University. Jane Ginsburg, Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary and Artistic Property Law at Columbia University and IP Osgoode International Advisory Council member, has released a paper on the liability faced by operators of sites which host user-generated content under US copyright law. The Digital Millennium Copyright […]