Meena Alnajar is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. In March 2021, Rogers Communication Inc. announced an upcoming deal…
Category: Competition Law
Double Trouble: Airbnb Class Action for Double Ticketing Settles at $6M
Meena Alnajar is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School On February 11, 2022, a class action lawsuit against Airbnb for double ticketing settled…
In Too Deep: Exclusive Rights of Game Producers in the Esports Industry
In a previous article, I discussed the rise of esports, in this article I will explore the proprietary nature of esports, the deep control afforded to game producers over their…
IP Year in Review 2017 - A Year of Promises Made, Kept, and Abandoned
This past year marks a year where the Government of Canada engaged more than ever on the IP front. The Government of Canada’s announcement of a National IP Strategy was…
SEPs and the Swinging Pendulum
American IP scholar Mark Lemley aptly characterized the dynamic relationship between IP and competition law as a swinging pendulum, in which antitrust enforcement of IP has cycled from under-protection to…
Certainly Commendable but Perhaps not Practical – Canada’s Competition Bureau Releases Guidelines on Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation Settlements
On September 23, Canada’s Competition Bureau (“the Bureau”) announced landmark guidelines regarding the consideration of pharmaceutical patent litigation settlements under Canada’s competition law framework. The Bureau’s guidelines on this issue…