Jonathan Zittrain[1] calls the right to be forgotten a “ bad solution to a very real problem.” This article sets out to answer two questions. Firstly, what is the problem…
Month: April 2016
Life After BitCoin: The Future of Banking May Be in the Blockchain
Introduction In the past 6 months, the US Patents & Trademark Office (USPTO) has published more than 200 patent applications filed by Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and…
In Fond Memory of Prof. Denis Borges Barbosa
IP Osgoode is saddened to hear of the recent passing of Prof. Denis Borges Barbosa and would like to express our sincerest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of…
Fashion Labels and Inuit Designs: When Law is Not Enough
A recent incident involving replication of an Inuit design by a UK fashion label raises interesting questions regarding whether businesses should be required to go beyond the scope of law…
Osgoode Wins Best Factum, Takes 2nd Place at the 2016 Fox IP Moot
A preeminent Canadian artist named Ann Phibian. Her shaded-in line drawing of a leaping frog titled “50 Shades of Green” and the public domain painting it was based on titled…
Batmobile Declared a Character Deserving of Copyright Protection, Finally Invincible
The U.S. Ninth Circuit court held in DC Comics v Towle (“Towle”) that Mark Towle’s Batmobile replicas infringed DC Comics’ copyrights, and that the Batmobile was a “character” deserving of copyright protection. (more…)