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Copyright on Literary and Artistic Creative Works

Copyright on Literary and Artistic Creative Works

Alberto Musso is Full Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Competition Law and Deputy-Dean of the School of Law at the University of Bologna. He also teaches Copyright and Publishing Law in the Masters program directed by Prof. U. Eco.  Professor Musso is a member of IP Osgoode's international advisory council.  Bologna-Rome: Zanichelli-Il foro italiano, 2008, […]

Moving from Property towards Policy: Intellectual Property as Cultural Policy

Moving from Property towards Policy: Intellectual Property as Cultural Policy

Nicole Aylwin is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Communication and Culture Graduate Programme at York University. "Cultural policies, in brief, are those that regulate what has been called the marketplace of ideas" -- Paul DiMaggio It may seem questionable to preface a post on intellectual property with a quotation that addresses cultural policy rather than […]

New Top Level Domains (TLDs) Create Tension For Trademark Owners

New Top Level Domains (TLDs) Create Tension For Trademark Owners

Internet users are familiar with the current top level domain structure of the World Wide Web. .com, .edu, and .org, amongst others, are all part of the common vocabulary used to navigate the wealth of information available online. Recently, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved a plan to add more top […]