Sean M. O’Connor is a Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Law, Business & Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Washington School of Law, and a Research Affiliate of IP Osgoode.[1] [IP Osgoode: Professor O'Connor's full article on this topic will be published in issue 24:1 of the Intellectual Property Journal later this year.] [...]

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Daniel Burnett is a partner at Owen Bird Law Corporation and appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada on behalf of the Respondent/Defendant, Jon Newton, in this matter. [IP Osgoode:  At our request, Robert Kasting, Barrister & Solicitor, who appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada on behalf of the Appellants/Plaintiffs, Wayne Crookes and West Coast [...]

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Adam Heckman is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, and is currently enrolled in Professor Mgbeoji’s Patents class, in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. Intellectual Ventures (IV), a company that was initially founded on the premise of acting [...]

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Mark Bowman is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Google’s attempt to dismiss via summary judgment copyright infringement accusations from Oracle against its Java-based Android operating system have failed, with one exception. In a judgment filled with veiled disdain for Google’s motion, the United States District Judge William Alsup found that the main subject matter [...]

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