In the summer of 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a series of rulings in five major copyright cases (referred to as the “copyright pentalogy”). A new book has just been released that examines the possible long-term impact of these decisions.

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TorrentFreak has reported that the first episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones season three broke historic download records, with more than a million as of April 1st, 2013. Canada ranked fourth internationally in terms of the highest number of TorrentFreak S3E1 downloads, representing 7.4% of total downloads at the time of reporting.

Posted in Broadcasting Regulatory Policy, Canada, Commercialization, Copyright, copyright reform, Digital Downloads, Infringement, Internet, Internet Sharing, IP, IP Reform, Jurisdiction, Open-Source, Ownership, Regulatory Policy, UK, Uncategorized, US
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It was thought until quite recently that any applicant for a Canadian patent had to disclose in his specification the best mode then known of working his invention (Minerals Separation North American Corp. v. Noranda Mines Ltd., [1947] Ex. C.R. 306, rev’d (1952) 69 R.P.C. 81 (P.C.)). Then came Sanofi-Aventis Canada Inc. v. Apotex Inc., [...]

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IP Osgoode and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) would like to thank everyone who participated in our IP commercialization conference, entitled “Sparking Innovation With Students: Examining The Student Role From Invention To Commercialization”. The conference examined the role of student researchers in commercializing IP and the different policies that have been adopted to provide for [...]

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