The rapid growth of big data technologies and Internet of Things (IoT) devices mandates the modernization of the Canadian privacy legislation, which establishes protection from both private companies and government agencies. The necessity of the upcoming reforms to the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and the Privacy Act was illustrated during […]

Posted in Canada, Canadian Telecom Summit 2017, Cybersecurity, Design, European Union, Privacy, Technology, Telecommunications, UK, US
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The re-posting of this article is part of a cross-posting collaboration with MediaLaws: Law and Policy of the Media in a Comparative Perspective. On March 23 the European Commission organized a conference devoted to institutions, regulators, professionals and scholars from all Europe  on ‘#FinTechEU – Is EU regulation fit for new financial technologies?’. The conference […]

Posted in Blogs, European Union, Financial, MediaLaws, Technology
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As part of the IP Osgoode Speaks Series, Dr. Siva Thambisetty, an associate professor of law at the London School of Economics, visited Osgoode Hall Law School to speak on the subject of patent dialect. The main focus of her talk, entitled, “Is Patent Law Evasive or Merely Elusive?”, was to highlight the issue of […]

Posted in Blogs, European Union, events, General, IP Osgoode Speaks Series, Patent Practice, Patents, UK
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On September 14, the European Commission published draft legislation aimed at modernising the European copyright framework.  To ensure the draft legislation delivers the best outcomes for all those affected by it, the Intellectual Property Office made a call for views on the costs and benefits of the proposed measures, and suggestions for how the language […]

Posted in Copyright, copyright reform, European Union, Feature Post, Regulatory Policy
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