Virgil Cojocaru is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

In a recent paper, Michael Jacobs and Alan Devlin discuss the debate in forcing monopolists to license their IP. By licensing their IP, monopolists would increase market innovation and create a competitive environment. However, these advantages come with a significant drawback. They can decrease the IP monopolists’ motivation to invent. Ultimately, this shows tension between the short term and long term. The advantages are short term gains, while the decreased incentive is a long term phenomenon.

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Virgil Cojocaru is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

In BMS Computer Solutions Limited and AB Agri Limited the meaning and interpretation of a perpetual licence came under debate in an application for summary judgment. The dispute concerns an animal feed maker, AB Agri (Agri), and BMS Computer Solutions (BMS), the software developer. Agri used the software developed by BMS to operate the machines which milled its feed.

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Virgil Cojocaru is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law school.

Choreography is about dance moves. It is the arrangement of dance moves, usually in patterns, accompanied by music. Are these dance moves protected by copyright? The argument out there is that they are, even when placed in games.

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Virgil Cojocaru is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

Using various processes or technologies is a minefield. Patent trolls or non practicing entities (NPE) are a large part of the problem. Knowing how to deal with their likes becomes a matter of legal tactics and strategy. However, before getting into potential solutions, we need to understand NPEs.

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