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Winners of the Gowlings Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize

Winners of the Gowlings Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize

IP Osgoode would like to congratulate the winners of the Gowlings Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize for 2011-2012.  Four prizes in total are awarded each year to Osgoode students.  The winning blog posts are featured in the IPilogue. Recipients also receive a $500 award, are announced at Convocation and receive a permanent […]

Streaming of a Live Sporting Event is not a User Right

Streaming of a Live Sporting Event is not a User Right

On May 13, 2012, the Supreme Court of Israel gave a landmark decision in Civil Appeal 9183/09 The Football Association Premier League Ltd v John Doe. The Court overturned a controversial decision by Judge Michal Agmon-Gonen of the District Court in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. In that case, Judge Agmon-Gonen used the mechanism of legal transplantation to […]

Considering Canada’s Supreme Court Decisions in this week’s WIPO Proceedings

Considering Canada’s Supreme Court Decisions in this week’s WIPO Proceedings

As members of the international intellectual property community attend the 24th session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), they are told to keep the spirit of Beijing alive, referring to the recently concluded Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances. However, there is reason to keep another country’s spirit in mind as well. […]

Allergan Inc. c. Canada (Health), 2012 FC 767: Comity or Tragedy?

Allergan Inc. c. Canada (Health), 2012 FC 767: Comity or Tragedy?

A somewhat confusing victory for Allergan Inc. was won on June 18th, as the Honourable Justice Hughes upheld their patent on COMBIGAN despite the fact that their invention was ruled to be obvious.  The Honourable Justice Hughes ruled in favour of Allergan by prohibiting the Minister of Health from issuing a Notice of Compliance (NOC) […]

Desperate for a Partnership?

Desperate for a Partnership?

Canada has been lobbying to enter the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and its efforts have seemingly paid off with an exclusive invite to the secretive nine-member club on June 19, 2012. With Ottawa championing its economic benefits and potential, there are many asking a simple question – what have we given up?

Fairly Dealt: Strong Statement by the SCC in Alberta (Education) v. Access Copyright

Fairly Dealt: Strong Statement by the SCC in Alberta (Education) v. Access Copyright

One of the recent pentalogy of copyright decisions that has forever changed Canadian copyright law is Alberta (Education) v. Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright), 2012 SCC 37. The decision focused on the concept of fair dealing, and its application to photocopying books for educational purposes.