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Data Transfers from EU to US “unlawful”; EU Signals Enforcement Actions Possible After January, 2016

Data Transfers from EU to US “unlawful”; EU Signals Enforcement Actions Possible After January, 2016

The re-posting of this article is part of a cross-posting agreement with CyberLex. On Friday, October 16, 2015, the Article 29 Working Party (“WP29”) released a statement on the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) in the case Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner (C-362-14), the landmark decision which invalidated the […]

Internet service providers liability and copyright protection in the EU

Internet service providers liability and copyright protection in the EU

The re-posting of this analysis is part of a cross-posting collaboration with MediaLaws: Law and Policy of the Media in a Comparative Perspective.   Which is the legal framework surrounding Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the EU, when it comes to copyright protection? The following article analyses the importance of ISPs in the enforcement of […]

Digital Technologies and the Scope of Regulation: How Does Regulation Apply to Over-the-Top Players Like Google and WhatsApp?

Digital Technologies and the Scope of Regulation: How Does Regulation Apply to Over-the-Top Players Like Google and WhatsApp?

The re-posting of this analysis is part of a cross-posting collaboration with MediaLaws: Law and Policy of the Media in a Comparative Perspective. The explosion of digital services delivered via telecommunication networks is creating a challenge for the old regulatory framework. Voice, text, photos-videos are offered by OTT (Over-the-Top) services via the availability of connectivity […]

Prof. Dinwoodie Kicks-off the 2014-2015 IP Osgoode Speaks Series With a Thought-provoking Talk on the Territoriality of Trademarks

Prof. Dinwoodie Kicks-off the 2014-2015 IP Osgoode Speaks Series With a Thought-provoking Talk on the Territoriality of Trademarks

On Thursday September 18th, IP Osgoode presented the first talk of its IP Osgoode Speaks Series for the 2014-2015 academic year. Visiting from the University of Oxford, Professor Graeme B. Dinwoodie challenged a room full of eager listeners with his lecture entitled “Territoriality of Trade Marks in a Post-National Era.” For two hours Professor Dinwoodie captivated […]

Going the Way of the Doha? The TPP and Contested Intellectual Property and International Trade Linkages

Going the Way of the Doha? The TPP and Contested Intellectual Property and International Trade Linkages

It has been nearly twenty years since the Uruguay Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) trade talks that created the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement. In the intervening decades, multilateral trade negotiations have stalled and international agreements relating to intellectual property (IP) law have trended towards bi- and plurilateral levels. And, […]

An Interview with James Williams and Michael Power: Putting Privacy and Data Protection Under the Lens

An Interview with James Williams and Michael Power: Putting Privacy and Data Protection Under the Lens

The course Comparative Law: Privacy and Data Protection is offered this coming term at Osgoode Law School. IP Osgoode interviewed the course co-professors, James Williams (Osgoode site, personal site) and Michael Power (Osgoode site, personal site) for their insight on the exciting contemporary debates in the field.

CETA: A Very Reasonable Canadian-esque Compromise on Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property Law Changes

CETA: A Very Reasonable Canadian-esque Compromise on Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property Law Changes

At long last, the Canadian Federal Government and the European Commission announced in October that a political agreement has been reached regarding the much anticipated Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Although the full-text of the agreement has yet to be revealed, Canadians have a pretty good idea of the way in which CETA will affect […]

Volkswagen v Garcia et. al.: Volkswagen Halts Disclosure of Secret Security Algorithm

Volkswagen v Garcia et. al.: Volkswagen Halts Disclosure of Secret Security Algorithm

Last June, Justice Birss of the High Court of England and Wales (Chancery Division) ruled in favor of Volkswagen and granted an interim injunction against Flavio Garcia, Computer Science Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, thus prohibiting him from publishing an academic paper that sought to expose weaknesses in Volkswagen automobile security systems.