Setting the Stage for IP Developments in MRNA Technology
Photo Credits: CDC / ALISSA ECKERT & DAN HIGGINS Ryan Erdman is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the lack of any existing treatment to mitigate the impacts of the novel virus was perceived as an alarming…
Summarizing the 2021 Innovation Economy Council Roundtable
Screenshot from the Innovation Economy Council Roundtable available at https://livestream.com/marsdd/iec/videos/221882833. Junghi Woo is an IPilogue Writer and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The 2021 Innovation Economy Council (“IEC”) Roundtable delivered an exciting discussion around the commercialization of intellectual property in Canada. IP rights can be…
Canadian Radio-Television And Telecommunications Commission Determines Final Wholesale Rates For Broadband Services
M. Imtiaz Karamat is an IP Osgoode Alumnus and Law Society of Ontario Licensing Candidate. This article was previously posted on E-TIPS™ For Deeth Williams Wall LLP on June 8, 2021. On May 27, 2021, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced that it had finalized the rates that large companies can…
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Canada’s IP Writing Challenge 2021: Founded by the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) & IP Osgoode
DEADLINE: 1 July 2021
IPIC and IP Osgoode wish to enhance intellectual property public policy research and discussion among law students, graduate students, and legal and business professionals. Prizes include $1000 (CAD), publication on the IPilogue, and consideration for publication in the Canadian Intellectual Property Review and/or the Intellectual Property Journal.
If you are interested, click here for the full Challenge Rules (ou ici pour les règles en français).
Fall 2021 Course “Legal Values: Litigating Intellectual Property Law Cases”
Wednesdays from 10:30-12:30
This fall, Prof David Vaver and the Honourable Justice Roger Hughes will teach students about the Federal Court of Canada’s IP litigation process, from advising clients to writing judgements, before students prepare for and participate in a moot. Read more about the course here.
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Events
IP Osgoode Presents Bracing for Impact: AI’s Dirty Footprint
28 June 2021 at 12:00 pm
This timely webinar will address the environmental implications of artificial intelligence (AI) developments in recent years. AI can be a double-edged sword, and while it can make resources and information more accessible and solve some of our climate challenges, it also requires more energy to use and, as a result, increases our carbon footprint.
The event, chaired by Prof Pina D’Agostino, will begin with welcoming remarks from York University VPRI Amir Asif and a keynote speech from the Ontario Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks, the Hon. Jeff Yurek. Dr. Aviv Gaon, IDC Herzliya, will introduce and moderate the panel, which will include Andrea Roszell (Guidehouse), Audrey Lee (Microsoft), Kapil Singhal (Vyntelligence) and Neetika Sathe (Alectra’s GRE&T Centre).
This webinar is organized by IP Osgoode in collaboration with the Harry Radzyner Law School at the IDC Herzliya in Israel, Microsoft Canada, and Alectra’s GRE&T Centre.
Lifecycle of a Smart Idea | Prove It! The Use of Expert Evidence in a Global IP Dispute
16 June 2021
This session in Gowling WLG‘s webinar series will focus on the use, acquisition and preparation of expert evidence in IP proceedings on a global level. Register for this event here.
Picks of the week
RCMP’s use of facial recognition tech violated privacy laws, investigation finds
In March, the IPilogue published an article about the Privacy Commissioner’s condemnation of Clearview AI for violating PIPEDA and various provincial privacy legislation across Canada. This week, Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien tabled a report concluding that the RCMP’s use of Clearview AI technology infringes the Privacy Act. The software compiles images from across the Internet into a database which the RCMP has used for criminal investigations. However, the investigation found that most RCMP searchers did not account for how they used this technology. You can read Catherine Tunney’s article about this for CBC here.