Bob Tarantino is a lawyer in the Entertainment Law Group of Heenan Blaikie LLP. He holds graduate degrees in law from Osgoode Hall Law School and the University of Oxford.…
Month: June 2010
A Question of Intent: Expired Patents and False Markings
Amanda Carpenter is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has recently decided the case of Pequignot v. Solo…
High Technology Entrepreneurs and the Patent System
Pamela Samuelson is the Richard M. Sherman ‘74 Distinguished Professor of Law and Information at the University of California at Berkeley. Researchers affiliated with the Berkeley Center for Law &…
Revisiting the Utility Requirement
Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. It is no secret that there have been plenty of absurd patents issued over the years. The gerbil shirt,…
Winners of Gowlings Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize
IP Osgoode would like to congratulate the winners of the Gowlings Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize for 2009-2010. Four prizes in total are awarded each year to…
Bill C-32: The Rights of Photographers and Performers
Nathan Fan is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Everyone wants a piece of the copyright pie. Professional photographers and performers have felt, for some time, that they…