Jennifer O’Dell is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall and Denise Brunsdon is a social media writer and researcher.

In the wake of GooglePlus’ (Google+) strong launch with its much-lauded privacy settings, Facebook recently announced their new contribution to Internet privacy in social networking. For those hoping that these changes signal an important ideological shift toward user-centric rights for a notoriously disrespectful digital empire, you may want to stop holding your breath. Despite intense media coverage during their roll-out, the changes are both theoretically and pragmatically underwhelming.

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Posted in Privacy, Social Media, Technology
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Jennifer O’Dell is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall and Denise Brunsdon is a social media writer and researcher.

Borders will not be the last book chain to close its doors because of insufficient revenue in an e-reader world. But while there is symbolism and nostalgia in the loss, there are also curious digital and intellectual property gains to be made.

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Posted in Electronic Databases, IP Reform, Patentability, Patents, Social Media, Technology, Trademarks
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Jennifer O’Dell is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall and Denise Brunsdon is a social media writer and researcher.

For anyone with family members at Apple, Research in Motion, Microsoft, Ericsson, Sony and EMC, don’t forget to put “A Nortel patent” on your wish list this Christmas. There’s at least 6, 000 to go around.

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Posted in Commercialization, Competition, Feature Post, IP, Patents, Technology, Telecommunications, US-Canada Relations
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Jennifer O’Dell is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall and Denise Brunsdon is a social media writer and researcher.

Only one post remains on the Ridiculous Pictures of Celine Dion Tumblr and it is tellingly tagged “RIP” and “the dion effect.” Dion’s lawyers sent Nick Angiolillo, the New York blogger who runs the satirical Tumblr site which mocks silly photos of the singer, a cease and desist letter that led him to remove all the original posts.

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Posted in Blogs, Freedom of the Press, Human Rights, Image, Parody, Reputation Management, Satire
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