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Clash of the Smartphone Titans - Nokia vs. Apple

Clash of the Smartphone Titans - Nokia vs. Apple

Amanda Branch is a J.D. Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, and is taking the Patent Law course. Clashes between large companies are hardly uncommon, particularly when the salient issue concerns valuable intellectual property. Recently, Nokia has filed a lawsuit in the US against Apple claiming 10 alleged patent infringements involving wireless data, speed coding, security […]

Exceptions Properly So-Called

Exceptions Properly So-Called

Professor Abraham Drassinower (University of Toronto) has a new paper available on SSRN, “Exceptions Properly So-Called".  His paper is described below. The paper sets out to distinguish four kinds of copyright limitations, of which only one can be regarded as a true exception. There are (a) subject matter limitations, (b) scope limitations, (c) miscellaneous exceptions, […]