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The Court Of Rome On Hosting Liability

The Court Of Rome On Hosting Liability

Giovanni Maria Riccio is a Professor of Private Comparative Law at the University of Salerno, a Partner at Scorza Riccio & Partners, Rome, Italy, and an IP Osgoode Research Affiliate. He is also an Editor of MediaLaws: Law and Policy of the Media in a Comparative Perspective, www.medialaws.eu. The re-posting of this analysis is part of […]

Prof Drassinower On "Copyright Infringement As Compelled Speech"

Prof Drassinower On "Copyright Infringement As Compelled Speech"

Featured here is a paper by Abraham Drassinower, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. The paper's abstract is reproduced. In his paper entitled, “Copyright Infringement as Compelled Speech”, Professor Abraham Drassinower offers a rights-based account of copyright law, providing an expansive conception of the public domain. Its central proposition is that a "work" […]

“Business As Usual?” How Patents For Business Methods May Needlessly Stifle The Market

“Business As Usual?” How Patents For Business Methods May Needlessly Stifle The Market

Geoff Goodson is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is 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. Amazon.com Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General) brings the Canadian legal debate over the patentability […]

Patent Trolls & Patent Valuation

Patent Trolls & Patent Valuation

Chetan Tiwari is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is 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. I believe that one quote concisely delineates the behaviour of patent trolling: Amongst a […]

EU Affirms Commitment To Homegrown Google Books Alternative

EU Affirms Commitment To Homegrown Google Books Alternative

Ben Farrow is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On October 27, 2011 the European Commission adopted a recommendation (2011/711/EU) calling for the nations of the EU to pool their resources and renew their commitment to the digitisation of European cultural texts and artifacts. These cultural materials are stored in Europe’s digital library, […]

UK Supreme Court Allows Gene Sequence Patents

UK Supreme Court Allows Gene Sequence Patents

Ivy Tsui is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is 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. In the genomic era, the flood of computationally predicted genes has introduced a new […]

Creative Industry Unions, CFM And ACTRA, Strengthen Ties With Formal Alliance Agreement

Creative Industry Unions, CFM And ACTRA, Strengthen Ties With Formal Alliance Agreement

Andrew Baker is an LLB/BCL candidate at McGill University Faculty of Law. Canadian Federation of Musicians (CFM) and ACTRA have recently formalized a strategic alliance agreement that outlines opportunities for mutual support on issues of common interest, and promotes solidarity and greater unity of purpose between the two labour unions.

Parsley, Parsnip, Peas, & Peppers: Patent Policy Perspectives From The Vegetable Field

Parsley, Parsnip, Peas, & Peppers: Patent Policy Perspectives From The Vegetable Field

Elias Lyberogiannis is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is 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. I recently came across the research paper by Paul J. Heald and Susannah Chapman […]