The Intellectual Property Bargain: Consumer Perspectives in a Global Economy

George Nathanael is a second-year JD student at Osgoode Hall Law School On a beautiful Friday at the Schulich School of Business, IP Osgoode presented "The Intellectual Property Bargain: Consumer Perspectives in a Global Economy". This one-day conference brought together academics, practicing lawyers, and students to participate in presentations and discussions that aimed to infuse […]

McDonald’s has its McLimits

Ashlee Froese is an Osgoode Hall alumnus and currently practices intellectual property at the law firm of Keyser Mason Ball LLP. After a prolonged 8-year battle, the highest court in Malaysia has unanimously confirmed that McDonald's does not have a monopoly over the "MC" prefix in association with all restaurant operations. Lets "Relish" in the […]

Fast-Tracking Cleantech Patents: What Choice is There?

Alex Gloor is a JD student at Osgoode Hall Law School. Cleantech is everywhere you look. Hybrid cars. Energy efficient appliances. Geothermal power. There is a global realization that continuing our coal-burning, energy guzzling ways are unsustainable, both because we will exhaust the planet of its resources and because of the uncertain, but certainly disastrous, […]