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Reminder: Canada's IP Writing Challenge - July 1st submission deadline

Reminder: Canada's IP Writing Challenge - July 1st submission deadline

The deadline to submit an entry for the 9th annual Canada’s IP Writing Challenge is just over a month away on Saturday July 1, 2017! The winner from each category will receive a prize of $1000 (CAD), publication on the IP Osgoode website, and consideration for publication in the Canadian Intellectual Property Review and/or the […]

Congratulations to Professor David Vaver, Inducted into the Order of Canada

Congratulations to Professor David Vaver, Inducted into the Order of Canada

This is a repost of Prof. Giuseppina D'Agostino's blog dated July 5, 2016. IP Osgoode is delighted to congratulate Professor David Vaver on being inducted into the Order of Canada. Professor Vaver was acknowledged, on the eve of Canada Day on July 1, “for his leadership in intellectual property law as a scholar and mentor”.

Branding “Vaverisms”: All I Really Need To Know I Learned From His Quips

Branding “Vaverisms”: All I Really Need To Know I Learned From His Quips

Doing a PhD is a long and lonely endeavor. Family and friends brave enough to ask for updates are rewarded with responses ranging from the tired, “I sat. I read. I wrote.” to the lifeless, “I sat. And sat. And sat.” Some students break up the monotony by watching cat videos; I read cat decisions […]