Jasdeep Singh Bal is a J.D. candidate (2011) at Osgoode Hall and is taking the Patent Law course. There is a disconnect between patent laws, which are reflective of Western Industrial and commercial theories, and Eastern philosophies. According to Scheper-Hughes and Lock, there are essentially three different ways in which a body is viewed, two […]
David Alli is a J.D. Law Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, and is taking the Patent Law course. In 2008 the Supreme Court of Canada delivered a seminal decision in Apotex Inc. v. Sanofi- Synthelabo Canada Inc. et. al. (2008 SCC 61) [Sanofi] relating to Patents and the key factor of obviousness. The case dealt […]
Amanda Carpenter is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The British case Burrows v. Smith was recently noted by the 1709 copyright blog. In this case, a computer games designer (Stuart Burrows) tries to claim ownership of his own work after having already sold it to a prior employer. Burrows developed an initial […]