Peter Waldkirch is a second year LL.B. student at the University of Ottawa. Almost five years ago, the Authors Guild launched a class action lawsuit against Google over what was…
Month: April 2010
Virtual Virtuosity: Or the Difficulty of Distinguishing Masterpieces from Masterworks
Roger S. Fisher, Ph.D., J.D. teaches courses at York University on law, humanities and copyright policy. He is a member of the Bar of Ontario and is currently working on…
Noises Heard: Canada's Recent Online Copyright Consultation Process -- Teachings and Cautions
Richard Owens is counsel in a Toronto law firm specializing in business and commercial law, intellectual property and technology. This short comment analyses the results of the Government of Canada’s…
Tiffany and Co. loses appeal against eBay
George Nathanael is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On April 1st the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit decided in favour of eBay (for the…
First sale and digital content
Billy Barnes is a JD candidate at the University of Toronto. Normally when a consumer purchases a copyrighted work embodied in a tangible object (e.g., a book or a CD)…
Beat the Cybersquatter as ".co" Domain Names Open Up
Ashlee Froese is an Osgoode Hall alumnus and currently practices intellectual property at the law firm of Keyser Mason Ball LLP. The “.co” domain name has long been a favourite…