On September 12th, 2018, the European Parliament voted in favour of legislation that purports to be an important step toward integrating EU copyright law in the internet age. Generally, the…
Category: European Union
The Right to Forget and not Forget in Spain
On May 13, 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a landmark decision that allows EU citizens the “right to be forgotten” – basically, the right…
Academics Against Press Publishers’ Right: 169 European Academics Warn Against It
Click here to read the original post from the Institute for Information Law. Academics from all over Europe give a final warning against the ill-conceived plans for the introduction of…
Privacy by Default: A Privacy and Cyber-security imperative in the IoT and Big-Data Age
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…
Towards an EU-wide strategy on Fintech
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…
Examining Ambiguities in Patent Examination Guidelines by Dr. Siva Thambisetty
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…