Danny Titolo is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and currently enrolled in the course Law & Social Change: Law & Music, in Winter 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. On February 17, 2011, the Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC) recently […]
Sean Jackson is a first year JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and currently enrolled in the course Law & Social Change: Law & Music, in Winter 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. In the International Intellectual Property Alliance’s (IIPA) 2011 Special […]
The Supreme Court of Canada handed down a decision today in the case of Michelle Seidel v. TELUS Communications Inc., 2011 SCC 15. At issue is whether a plaintiff consumer can bring various causes of action, including those under consumer protection legislation, in a court of first instance via a class action proceeding or whether […]
Amendments to the Patent Rules relating to advanced examination of 'green technologies' (s.28(1)(b)) are now in force. The amendments also provide for all applications to leave advanced examination if time limits are extended or the application goes abandoned (s.28(2)). See Canada Gazette, Vol. 145, No. 6, March 16, 2011, and the Canadian Intellectual Property Offfice's […]
Ivy Tsui is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Members of the music and radio broadcasting industries provided comments related to Bill C-32 at the hearings of the Legislative Committee on March 1 and 3, 2011. This post reports on opening statements made by individuals and groups and focusses on comments regarding the Bill. […]