Meena Alnajar is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School Updated 30 September 2021 Patents can help inventors gain protection and recognition for their…
Category: European Union
Creating Global Opportunities for Innovative SMEs: IPwe Verified IP Asset Profiles and Ratings for EU SMEs
This following is an overview of an article originally published and distributed on the IPwe Paradigm. Across the world, policy makers in national governments, private sector and civil society, increasingly…
Regulating by proxy, restricting rights, and reducing competition? Pitfalls of the EU copyright directive.
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…
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…