Sept 18, 2009 – “The Intellectual Property Bargain: Consumer Perspectives in a Global Economy” 

IP Osgoode held a thought provoking conference in which panelists approached patent, trade-mark, copyright law, and its interaction with competition law, from the perspective of consumers.

IPilogue: Read event coverage and commentary here
Webcast: Conference agenda, webcast and powerpoint presentations available here

Apr 2, 2009 – “The Evolution of Copyright Reform in Canada”
Glen Bloom (Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP) delivered a guest lecture in which he discussed how copyright reform has evolved in Canada from a rather esoteric subject as late as the mid 1980s to a grass roots phenomena today.
IPilogue: Read lecture coverage and commentary here
Webcast: Click here (Windows Media Video)

Mar 23, 2009 – “What’s new at the Copyright Board of Canada?”

The Toronto Intellectual Property Group, in conjunction with IP Osgoode, presented Mario Bouchard, General Counsel for the Copyright Board of Canada as its guest speaker.  Mr. Bouchard spoke about the Board, its role and the challenges it faces as it deals with a wide range of issues such as copyright law reform, tariffs, collective associations and music on the Internet.

IPilogue: Read event coverage and commentary here

Mar 20, 2009 – Commercialization of innovative research: Implementing solutions that work for Canada

IP Osgoode held a conference which featured a variety of multi-disciplinary speakers who will discuss various aspects of IP commercialization, patenting, entrepreneurship and technology transfer. 

IPilogue: Read event coverage and commentary here
Webcast: Conference agenda, webcast and powerpoint presentations available here

Mar 13, 2009 - Business Method Patents: Bilski and Beyond
IP Osgoode hosted a panel discussion exploring the effect in Canada of recent US business method patent jurisprudence.

Chair:
Professor Giuseppina D’Agostino, Osgoode Hall Law School

Panelists:

• Paul Fitzner, Patent Appeal Board, Canadian Intellectual Property Office
• Professor Ikechi Mgbeoji, Osgoode Hall Law School (Powerpoint: Dialogue Across the 49th Parallel – Does US Jurisprudence Influence Canadian Patent Law?)
• Robert Nakano, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault (Powerpoint: Post-Bilski Patent Prosecution)
• Krishna Pathiyal, Director of IP, Research in Motion (Powerpoint: Business Methods: Patentable? No, yes, maybe. Implications?)
• Andrew Reddon, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault (Powerpoint: Business Method Patents and Canadian Courts)

IPilogue: Read event coverage and commentary here

Mar 13, 2009 - 11th Annual Entertainment & Sports Law Conference
IP Osgoode sponsored a panel discussion on: “Copyright in the Remix Era”

IPilogue: Read event coverage and commentary here and here

Feb 20, 2009 - Harold G. Fox Moot
IPilogue: Read event coverage and commentary here and here

Feb 19, 2009 - Osgoode IP and Technology Society’s Annual Career Panel
IPilogue: Read event coverage and commentary here

Dec 11, 2008 – “IP: Perspectives from the Video-Game Industry”
Jason Kee, Director of Policy & Legal Affairs, Entertainment Software Association of Canada
IPilogue: Read event coverage and commentary here

Dec 9, 2008 – “Patent Specifications, Claim Construction and Patent Infringement”
Ron Dimock and Adrian Kaplan, Dimock Stratton LLP

Nov 26, 2008 - “Reforming IP Law: An Obvious and Not-so-obvious Agenda”
Professor David Vaver delivered the prestigious IPI 2008 Stephen Stewart Lecture entitled “Reforming IP Law: An Obvious and Not-so-obvious Agenda” to over 150 attendees in London, UK.

Click here to read the paper he presented. The final version of this paper will be published in (2009) Intellectual Property Quarterly.

Nov 25, 2008 – “Made in Canada: Why creativity and invention must become the life blood of our economy”
Tony Chapman, Founder and CEO of Capital C Marketing Group
IPilogue: Read event coverage and commentary here

Nov 7, 2008 – Women and IP Roundtable: “Is everything rosy in here or is the glass ceiling tinted pink?”

CHAIR:
Professor Giuseppina D’Agostino (Osgoode Hall Law School)

PANELISTS:
Susan Abramovitch (Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP)
Professor Ann Bartow (University of South Carolina)
Darlene H. Carreau (Trade-marks Opposition Board)
May Cheng (Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP)
Professor Carys Craig (Osgoode Hall Law School)
Virginia H.L. Jones (Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association)
Sangeetha Punniyamoorthy (Dimock Stratton LLP)
The Honourable Justice Karen M. Weiler (Court of Appeal for Ontario)

COMMENTATOR:
Pascale Chapdelaine (PhD candidate, Osgoode Hall Law School)

SPECIAL LECTURE:
“The Intersection of Copyright and Pornography” by Professor Ann Bartow (University of South Carolina)

IPilogue: Read event coverage and commentary here

Nov 4, 2008 – “The Scope of a Patent: Claim Construction and Equivalents”
Lord Justice Jacob (Court of Appeal for England and Wales)
Webcast: Click here (Windows Media Video)
IPilogue: Read event coverage and commentary here

Oct 15, 2008 – Official Launch of IP Osgoode
The public launch of IP Osgoode took place at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto in conjunction with the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC).

View IP Osgoode’s introductory video below:

Mar 5, 2008– “Facing up to Facebook: The Fight for Fair Copyright in Canada”
Professor Michael Geist (University of Ottawa)
Webcast: Click here (Windows Media Video)

Nov 7, 2007 – “Legal Transplants in the Digital Age”
Professor Peter Yu (Drake University Law School)
Webcast: Click here (Windows Media Video)

Oct 24, 2007 – “Chocolate, Copyright, Confusion: Intellectual Property and the Supreme Court of Canada”
Professor David Vaver
Webcast: Click here (Windows Media Video)