While parody is a well-established defence to copyright infringement in the U.S, a recent B.C. Supreme Court decision says that this is not the case in Canada. On November 24,…
Year: 2008
EPO Confirms Human Embryonic Stem Cells Cannot be Patented
The process to harvest human embryonic stem cells (hESC) may be old news in the scientific community; however, the issues raised by this area of science continue to be debated…
Recent Trends in the Economics of Copyright
Recent Trends in the Economics of Copyright Edited by Ruth Towse and Richard Watt The book is part of an Elgar Publishing series, Recent Trends, and I was commissioned to edit…
Perceptions of IP: A Review
In a recently released report by the Intellectual Property Institute (IPI) in London, Dr. Roya Ghafele takes a unique approach in synthesizing the many existing viewpoints in the multi-faceted arena…
Criminal Penalties for Online Breach of Terms and Services in MySpace Suicide Case
Lori Drew has been found guilty by a jury in a Federal Circuit Court in California of unauthorized access to a computer system in contravention of the Computer Fraud and…
Changing role of ‘You’ in ‘YouTube’
Ever since the inception of YouTube, people have been extremely creative in finding applications of this user-friendly platform. Owing to its profound integration into our daily lives, its uses have…