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Proposed Revisions To PM(NOC) Regulations Aim To Reduce Redundancy

Proposed Revisions To PM(NOC) Regulations Aim To Reduce Redundancy

Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On August 17, 2011, Health Canada released proposed revisions to its Guidance Document: Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations for stakeholder consultation. In a welcome effort to bring greater efficiency to the drug approval process, the proposed revisions exempt administrative drug submissions from compliance […]

Book Review - Intellectual Property Law: Copyright, Patents, Trade-Marks, 2nd Ed.

Book Review - Intellectual Property Law: Copyright, Patents, Trade-Marks, 2nd Ed.

Teresa Scassa is the Canada Research Chair in Information Law at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law. The publication of the second edition of David Vaver’s Intellectual Property Law: Copyright, Patents, Trade-Marks is a welcome event. The first edition of this book, published in 1997,was a lucid and concise account of the three main […]

In Celebration: Double Book Launch for Profs David Vaver and Carys Craig

In Celebration: Double Book Launch for Profs David Vaver and Carys Craig

Amelia Manera is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and an IP Osgoode Student Intern in the inaugural Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program (IP Intensive). On Friday, September 9, 2011, members of IP Osgoode, participants of the inaugural IP Law & Technology Intensive Program, IP enthusiasts, along with friends and family, gathered […]

Gowlings Hosts A Celebration For Professor David Vaver

Gowlings Hosts A Celebration For Professor David Vaver

Joshua Dallmann is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and an IP Osgoode Student Intern in the inaugural Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program (IP Intensive). On September 8, 2011, members of the intellectual property law community gathered at the Toronto offices of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP to celebrate the release of […]

US Cybersource Decision Puts Mental Steps Back Into Business Methods Patents

US Cybersource Decision Puts Mental Steps Back Into Business Methods Patents

Amelia Manera is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On August 16, 2011, the US Court of Appeal released the decision of Cybersource Corporation v Retail Decisions Inc. reinforcing that a process that can be done merely by a series of mental steps is not patentable subject matter under s.101 of Title 35 […]

Questions Remain Up In The Air After Partial Victory For Cloud Music Service

Questions Remain Up In The Air After Partial Victory For Cloud Music Service

Andrew Baker is a LLB/BCL candidate at McGill University Faculty of Law. A New York court has recently ruled against EMI Music’s claims that online music provider, MP3Tunes’s techniques violate the 1998 Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA).  The ruling moves one step further in parsing out a legal grey area regarding how the copyright rules […]

Federal Court of Appeal Upholds Patent Infringement and Validity in Phostech v. Valence

Federal Court of Appeal Upholds Patent Infringement and Validity in Phostech v. Valence

Danny Titolo is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Federal Court of Appeal upheld the trial decision of Justice Gauthier in Phostech v. Valence ruling in favour of Valence Technology on a patent infringement lawsuit involving carbothermal reduction technology (CTR).

CRTC Report Reveals Canadians As Digital Revolution Leaders

CRTC Report Reveals Canadians As Digital Revolution Leaders

Taylor Vanderhelm is a JD candidate at the University of Alberta. The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), an independent public authority that regulates and supervises broadcasting and telecommunications in Canada, recently released a report detailing the present and estimated future state of the communications industry in Canada. The report offers several illuminating and surprising […]

Google’s Purchase Of Motorola May Signal Trend In The Smartphone Market

Google’s Purchase Of Motorola May Signal Trend In The Smartphone Market

Brent Randall is a JD candidate at the University of Ottawa. On August 15, 2011, Google announced that it would be acquiring Motorola Mobility which will enhance the capabilities of their Android operating system for smartphones.  While the purchase of Motorola gives Google the ability to produce hardware optimised for their software, commentators have wondered […]