Despite the ominous verdict from the Swedish court which sentenced The Pirate Bay (TPB) operators to a year in prison and a penalty of US $3.6 million for facilitating copyright infringement, TPB may soon have new life breathed into the service. Global Gaming Factory X, a Swedish software company, has offered to purchase TPB for […]
Roger S. Fisher, Ph.D., LL.B. teaches a course on copyright policy at York University to third year Fine Arts students. He is a member of the Bar of Ontario and currently represents a non-profit academic journal that is one of over two hundred third- and fourth-party defendants in a class action lawsuit involving a copyright […]
Ashlee Froese is an Osgoode Hall alumnus and currently practices intellectual property at the law firm of Keyser Mason Ball LLP. I am sure you are all suffering from "CNN fatigue" from its over-coverage of Michael Jackson's death, but, as a Jackson fan, I couldn't resist writing this "did you know" blog to marry the […]
Massive uncertainty looms around the future of Apple's iPhone as Apple hits a new pothole in its rough journey to release iPhones in the Chinese subscriber market. The reason behind this ambiguity is that the trade-mark "i-phone" for mobile handsets in China is already owned by a Chinese electronics firm Hanwang Technologies Co., thereby making […]
The principle of Net neutrality refers to the idea that data packets on the Internet should be moved impartially, without regard to content, destination or source. In essence, it means that all Internet traffic should be treated equally and implies that an information network such as the Internet is most efficient and useful to the public when […]
Osgoode alum, Ron Fernando explains how India’s lack of patent protection for software affects innovators and investors in the July/August 2009 issue of the leading IP trade magazine Managing Intellectual Property. Here's a quick intro paragraph: "Proponents and opponents of software patents in Europe and the US have all but argued themselves into a standstill. […]
There have been criticisms of the European Parliament elections from various quarters. These criticisms range from a consistently declining voter turnout and lack of enthusiasm for the election of Members of the European Parliament to the ability of "fringe" political parties to gain a seat due to their ability to convert fanatical energy for a […]
A few months ago I got an email from Blogger.com regarding a blog I run in my spare time. It read: “Blogger has been notified, according to the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), that certain content in your blog infringes upon the copyrights of others.” Blogger had taken down a post that […]
Intellectual property is an area of law that has more impact on our daily lives than many people realize. At a seminar series held at Blakes, Cassels & Graydon LLP on June 23rd, I learned that in order to fully understand intellectual property, it is important to consider other areas of law, such as insolvency […]
I am currently working at the Human Rights Law Network, located in Delhi, India. My experience here has been just phenomenal. I am extremely excited to share with all of you what I learn during my tenure at HRLN. Upon arriving, I attended the HIV/AIDS Conference, initiated and organized by HRLN. My involvement in the […]