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The Aftermath of Stanford v. Roche: Which Law of Assignments Governs?

The Aftermath of Stanford v. Roche: Which Law of Assignments Governs?

Sean M. O’Connor is a Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Law, Business & Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Washington School of Law, and a Research Affiliate of IP Osgoode.[1] [IP Osgoode: Professor O'Connor's full article on this topic will be published in issue 24:1 of the Intellectual Property Journal later this year.] […]

Crookes v Newton, 2011 SCC 47 – Hyperlinkers Not Liable For Linked Defamation

Crookes v Newton, 2011 SCC 47 – Hyperlinkers Not Liable For Linked Defamation

Daniel Burnett is a partner at Owen Bird Law Corporation and appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada on behalf of the Respondent/Defendant, Jon Newton, in this matter. [IP Osgoode:  At our request, Robert Kasting, Barrister & Solicitor, who appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada on behalf of the Appellants/Plaintiffs, Wayne Crookes and West Coast […]

Intellectual Ventures: World’s Largest Patent Troll Or Patent Dealer Building Global Market For Invention?

Intellectual Ventures: World’s Largest Patent Troll Or Patent Dealer Building Global Market For Invention?

Adam Heckman is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, and is currently enrolled in Professor Mgbeoji’s Patents class, in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. Intellectual Ventures (IV), a company that was initially founded on the premise of acting […]

Google’s API Motion To Dismiss Oracle’s Java Copyright Claims Is Defeated

Google’s API Motion To Dismiss Oracle’s Java Copyright Claims Is Defeated

Mark Bowman is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Google’s attempt to dismiss via summary judgment copyright infringement accusations from Oracle against its Java-based Android operating system have failed, with one exception. In a judgment filled with veiled disdain for Google’s motion, the United States District Judge William Alsup found that the main subject matter […]

Warning: Patent Troll Seeks To Stamp Out Amazon's (Kindle) Fire

Warning: Patent Troll Seeks To Stamp Out Amazon's (Kindle) Fire

Sean Jackson is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, and is currently enrolled in Professor Mgbeoji’s Patents class, in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. An ugly patent troll has reared its head again, this time targeting Amazon.  With […]

Europe Visits Canada: What European Copyright Law Has To Offer

Europe Visits Canada: What European Copyright Law Has To Offer

Guillaume Laroche is an LLM candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Of all the great policy discussions that can be found in Ottawa on any given day, those seen last Friday, October 21, 2011, at IP Osgoode’s conference, “Can Canada Learn Anything From Europe? European Perspectives on Copyright Law in the Information Era” were certainly […]

IP Osgoode Goes To Ottawa To Host International Conference On Copyright Law

IP Osgoode Goes To Ottawa To Host International Conference On Copyright Law

Does Canada have anything to learn from Europe?  This is the question posed by IP Osgoode’s international conference on European perspectives on copyright law chaired by Professor Giuseppina D’Agostino, an Associate Professor, and Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, the Intellectual Property Law and Technology Program at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University. The […]

European Libraries And Copyright Owners Reach Understanding On Out-Of-Commerce Works

European Libraries And Copyright Owners Reach Understanding On Out-Of-Commerce Works

Brent Randall is a JD candidate at the University of Ottawa. The European Comission recently facilitated the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between European libraries, publishers, authors and their collecting societies.  The MOU sets out key principles that allow cultural institutions in Europe, such as libraries, an easier way to digitizing out-of-commerce books […]

A Micro-Benefit For Small Businesses Under The America Invents Act

A Micro-Benefit For Small Businesses Under The America Invents Act

Leslie Chong is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, and is currently enrolled in Professor Ikechi Mgbeoji’s Patents class, in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. Touted as the most significant development in American patent law since 1952, the […]