Alexander Gloor is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.
Fashion powerhouse Louis Vuitton has sued car maker Hyundai for trademark infringement stemming from a Super Bowl advertisement. Before reading on, try and spot the alleged infringement. If you paid attention, you may have noticed the design on the basketball, appearing for all of one [...]

Posted in Famous Marks, Trademarks
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Ron A. Bouchard is an Associate Professor in the Faculties of Medicine & Dentistry and Law, University of Alberta.  Professor Bouchard has a new article available on SSRN and describes it below.
One of the most strongly contested aspects of pharmaceutical policy concerns the role of intellectual property rights in providing economic incentives to firms and [...]

Posted in IP, Innovation, Patents, Pharmaceutical Drugs
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Heather Hui-Litwin is a J.D. candidate at Osgoode Hall and is taking the Patent Law course.
In patent litigation, claim construction is an extremely important aspect in the analysis of a patent. Findings of infringement and validity ultimately depends on the construction. The leading cases on claim construction is Free World Trust v. Electrosante (2000 SCC [...]

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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.

Posted in Contracts, Copyright, IP, Infringement, Originality
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Jamie Goodman is a J.D. candidate at Osgoode Hall and is taking the Patent Law course.
Facebook, a website whose primary platform is based around the notion of sharing, recently received an exclusive patent on its focal “News Feed” layout, which could very well hinder many other social networking sites from sharing information in a similar [...]

Posted in IP Course Topic, Infringement, Internet, Patentability, Patents
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