On March 22, 2013, IP Osgoode and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) co-hosted a conference examining the role of student researchers in commercializing intellectual property. Inspired by her SSHRC-funded…
Month: March 2013
Call for Applications - Summer Research Assistant Positions in Copyright / IP Research
Professor David Vaver and Professor Giuseppina D’Agostino are seeking two JD students to assist in the research of a copyright project to be undertaken in Summer 2013 as well as…
in Commercialization, Contracts, Copyright, Copyright Reform, Design, European Union, Fashion Industry, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Image, Infringement, IP, Ownership, Supreme Court of Canada, Uncategorized0by Editor
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The copyright claws come out in EU catwalk photo battle
Tout arrive en France, especially for folks following recent intellectual property news. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) released a key judgment in January in a case that pitted copyright against freedom of expression. (more…)
in Blogs, Canada, CD Levy, Cloud Services, Copyright, Copyright Reform, Digital Downloads, Digital Locks, events, Feature Post, General, Image, Infringement, Internet, IP, Music Industry, Music Industry, Technology1by Editor
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How Music Can Help You, And You Can Help Music – An Interview With Graham Henderson
I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Graham Henderson, President of Music Canada, who will be inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame on Thursday, March…
in Commercialization, Competition Law, Contracts, Infringement, Patentability, Patents, Technology, US0by Editor
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Bowman v. Monsanto and Patent Exhaustion: To Be, or Ought to Be?
More of a cautionary winter’s tale than a midsummer night’s dream, an Indiana farmer facing legal action from a certain biotech and chemical multinational behemoth recently reached the U.S. Supreme…
in Canada, Competition, Copyright, Innovation, IP Reform, Regulatory Policy, Trademarks2by Editor
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The Living Daylights (…Scents, Tastes, and Sounds): Bill C-56 Forebodes Drastic Trade-mark Reform
Bill C-56, a new and inevitably controversial piece of proposed legislation, was introduced on March 1, 2013. With the short title, Combating Counterfeit Products Act, the message seems simple, but…