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A Promise Betrayed? Rethinking the Clerical Natures of IPRs Practice in the Third World

A Promise Betrayed? Rethinking the Clerical Natures of IPRs Practice in the Third World

Ikechi Mgbeoji is an Associate Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School and a member of IP Osgoode. For more than one hundred years, the branch of law known as intellectual property rights (IPRs) has been treated by universities and colleges in the Third World as an after-thought, an appendage to other disciplines of […]

Canada Fashion Law Blog Debuted by Osgoode Alum, Ashlee Froese

Canada Fashion Law Blog Debuted by Osgoode Alum, Ashlee Froese

Andrew Baker is a JD candidate at McGill University, Faculty of Law. Ashlee Froese, Osgoode Hall Law School alum of 2006 and IPilogue contributor, has launched CanadaFashionLaw.com, which has garnered immediate attention from both the fashion industry and the legal community, receiving over 500 unique hits in its first three days.

Spotlight On Innovation: MedEdge Summit 2011, York Region

Spotlight On Innovation: MedEdge Summit 2011, York Region

Sebastian Talluri is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and a Fellow of the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) / IP Osgoode Innovation Clinic. On June 16, 2011, I attended MedEdge Summit 2011, York Region. The half-day MedEdge Summit was hosted by the municipality of Richmond Hill and sponsored by a number of organizations, including […]

Pfizer Fights to Keep Up Viagra Patent

Pfizer Fights to Keep Up Viagra Patent

Kalen Lumsden is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On June 1, 2011, Pfizer, manufacturer of the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra, filed suit against rival Watson Pharmaceuticals to frustrate its attempts to produce a generic version of the drug. The next day Watson confirmed that it had applied to the US Food and […]

IP Bloggers Win Gowlings IPilogue Prizes

IP Bloggers Win Gowlings IPilogue Prizes

Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Gowlings Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize (the “Gowlings IPilogue Prize”) was pioneered in my Intellectual Property class in the Fall 2007 term and has been generously sponsored each year since then by […]

Canada Day Is The Submission Deadline For Canada’s IP Writing Challenge!

Canada Day Is The Submission Deadline For Canada’s IP Writing Challenge!

Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. Summer is here and Canada Day is fast-approaching.  This means it’s also time to prepare your submissions to Canada’s IP Writing Challenge!  The submission deadline is Friday, July 1, 2011 (or Canada Day, by way of […]

Government Agencies Retaining IP Rights In Violation Of Stated Policy

Government Agencies Retaining IP Rights In Violation Of Stated Policy

Matt Lonsdale is a graduate of the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. A recent report claims that in 2009, 59% of the intellectual property rights in the work product of contractors hired by Canadian government agencies were retained by the agencies themselves. This is a departure from the goals of a government policy […]