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UGC under Canadian Copyright Law Symposium Videos

UGC under Canadian Copyright Law Symposium Videos

IP Osgoode would like to thank everyone who participated in our "User Generated Content under Canadian Copyright Law Symposium" on October 10, 2013 at Osgoode Hall Law School.  The symposium discussed the new UGC copyright exception with guest speakers from government, industry, private practice, and academia. For those who were unable to attend the conference in […]

A Moral Right to Graffiti?

A Moral Right to Graffiti?

A group of high-profile New York aerosol artists is attempting to invoke a seldom-used US statutory provision to prevent the destruction of a collection of buildings containing its works of graffiti. The buildings known as 5Pointz are an outdoor art space for aerosol artists and the self-described “graffiti Mecca” of the world. Over the past […]

CETA: A Very Reasonable Canadian-esque Compromise on Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property Law Changes

CETA: A Very Reasonable Canadian-esque Compromise on Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property Law Changes

At long last, the Canadian Federal Government and the European Commission announced in October that a political agreement has been reached regarding the much anticipated Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Although the full-text of the agreement has yet to be revealed, Canadians have a pretty good idea of the way in which CETA will affect […]