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I'm Still Your Baby: Canada's Continuing Support of U.S. Linkage Regulations for Pharmaceuticals

I'm Still Your Baby: Canada's Continuing Support of U.S. Linkage Regulations for Pharmaceuticals

Ron A. Bouchard is an Associate Professor in the Faculties of Medicine & Dentistry and Law, University of Alberta.  Professor Bouchard has a new article available on SSRN and describes it below. One of the most strongly contested aspects of pharmaceutical policy concerns the role of intellectual property rights in providing economic incentives to firms […]

Workshop on Media Suppression - 16 March 2010

Workshop on Media Suppression - 16 March 2010

On March 16, IP Osgoode and the Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security are presenting a workshop on “Media Suppression: Life and Livelihood”. This unique half-day workshop will touch on topics such as digital rights contracts, libel chill, the Internet in totalitarian states, and legal recourse for the torture, kidnapping, and murder […]

“Purposive Construction”: Has certainty been compromised?

“Purposive Construction”: Has certainty been compromised?

Heather Hui-Litwin is a J.D. candidate at Osgoode Hall and is taking the Patent Law course. In patent litigation, claim construction is an extremely important aspect in the analysis of a patent. Findings of infringement and validity ultimately depends on the construction. The leading cases on claim construction is Free World Trust v. Electrosante (2000 […]

Is there Copyright in Choreography?

Is there Copyright in Choreography?

Virgil Cojocaru is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law school. Choreography is about dance moves. It is the arrangement of dance moves, usually in patterns, accompanied by music. Are these dance moves protected by copyright? The argument out there is that they are, even when placed in games.