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Maturation of the Software Industy and the Need for Software Patents

Maturation of the Software Industy and the Need for Software Patents

Brandon Evenson is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is taking the Patent Law course. A patent system is a balancing act. On one hand, a patent system provides incentives to innovate, commercialize, and disclose innovations to society. On the other hand, a patent system discourages the proliferation of innovations in society […]

Osgoode Hall Law School Places Second in Harold G. Fox Moot

Osgoode Hall Law School Places Second in Harold G. Fox Moot

IP Osgoode is proud to announce the success of Osgoode’s IP moot team in the 2010 Harold G. Fox Moot held this past weekend on February 19 and 20.  The moot is named in honour of the late Harold G. Fox, one of Canada’s leading intellectual property scholars and advocates.  Osgoode’s contingent consisted of third-year […]

Piracy as a Social Movement?

Piracy as a Social Movement?

Billy Barnes is a JD candidate at the University of Toronto. Joel Tenenbaum was the second person to go to trial after being accused of internet file-sharing. His struggle with the RIAA has won him plenty of supporters as "the average David fighting against the corporate Goliaths." This is just part of a larger social […]

Could Patent Trolls Save Innovation?

Could Patent Trolls Save Innovation?

Stuart Freen is a J.D. candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is taking the Patent Law course. Non-practicing entities (NPEs) are rarely depicted in a positive light. Particularly in the IT sector, NPEs or “patent trolls” as they are often called are characterized as opportunistic extortionists, amassing large and strategic patent portfolios without actually conducting […]

Conference Board of Canada report: Intellectual Property in the 21st Century

Conference Board of Canada report: Intellectual Property in the 21st Century

The Conference Board of Canada has just released the report of Adjunct Professor Ruth Corbin on “Intellectual Property in the 21st Century.”   Dr. Corbin is an Adjunct Professor of Intellectual Property at Osgoode Hall Law School, and Managing Partner of CorbinPartners Inc., a marketing science firm with a specialty practice in intellectual property valuation and […]

IP Osgoode seeking Assistant Director

IP Osgoode seeking Assistant Director

Osgoode Hall Law School of York University is one of the world’s leading law schools, with a commitment to excellence in teaching and research resulting in intellectual growth and exceptional career opportunities for our students. Our alumni’s history of success in private practice as well as many other fields has brought pride and recognition to […]

Remarks at the 11th Annual Privacy and Security Conference

Remarks at the 11th Annual Privacy and Security Conference

Amanda Carpenter is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada (Jennifer Stoddart) recently delivered a speech entitled "The future of privacy regulation" at the 11th Annual Privacy and Security Conference held in Victoria, British Columbia. In her speech, she described the changes that have occurred in cyberspace over the […]

How to Approach Non-Practicing Entities

How to Approach Non-Practicing Entities

Virgil Cojocaru is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Using various processes or technologies is a minefield. Patent trolls or non practicing entities (NPE) are a large part of the problem. Knowing how to deal with their likes becomes a matter of legal tactics and strategy. However, before getting into potential solutions, we […]

"Men at Work" Liable for Copyright Infringement: Kookaburra Gets the Last Laugh

"Men at Work" Liable for Copyright Infringement: Kookaburra Gets the Last Laugh

Peter Waldkirch is a second year LL.B. student at the University of Ottawa. In 1934, Marion Sinclair wrote a short tune, “The Kookaburra Song”, for a Girl Scouts competition. The tune is a short, 4-bar melody intended to be sung as a round (a round is where different voices sing the same melody but start […]