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AI for Lawyers Conference Highlights: Exciting and challenging AI technology developments in litigation, immigration, and transactional law

The Law Commission of Ontario, in collaboration with Element AI and Osgoode Hall Law School recently hosted an AI for Lawyers conference. The conference featured a panel of legal practitioners who shared how their practices interact with AI, the benefits and the drawbacks so far, as well as the challenges and exciting opportunities ahead. Augmenting […]

Researchers win $1.89M grant to search for AI solution to infant pain assessment

On April 2, a team of York University researchers led by psychology Professor Rebecca Pillai Riddell, associate vice-president research and the director of the Opportunities to Understand Childhood Hurt (O.U.C.H.) Lab, was awarded a $1.5-million grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council, and the Natural Sciences & […]

A Possible Legal Response to the Rise of Smart Clothing

In the third instalment of the Toronto Wearables Series, I began to discuss a possible path forward in the regulation of smart clothing. The rise of new ideas and innovations have a tendency to create the illusion that a regulatory scheme is needed in order to capture and govern such inventions. However, it is important […]

From Start-up to Scale-up: A Report on the Innovation Clinic in Canada

Intellectual property (IP) legal clinics play a crucial role in helping Canadian inventors and entrepreneurs bring their inventions to market while strengthening the foundations of the country's innovation ecosystem. IP legal clinics provide pro bono IP information and assistance to under-resourced inventors who are not served by the profession. At the same time, when based […]

ICYMI: Highlights from Part 2 of IP Osgoode's Bracing for Impact AI Conference Series

  On March 21, 2019, we had the pleasure of attending IP Ogsoode's Bracing for Impact conference series held at the Toronto Reference Library. This year’s conference theme was data governance, with a focus on novel legal issues with respect to two key sectors - health/science and smart cities. Professor D’Agostino’s opening remarks touched on the […]

The (Un)Controllable Rise of Smart Clothing

In the second instalment of the Toronto Wearables Series, I discussed how wearable technology, such as smart watches or smart headbands, has become somewhat common. Indeed, it has enabled users to conveniently stay updated on correspondence, plans, and even fitness schedules. Smart clothing, however, has been less thoroughly explored and advertised to date. In fact, […]

York’s Partnership with IBM is About Doing Higher Education Differently

In an economy like Canada’s, where two-thirds of new jobs require post-secondary education and 40-70 per cent of existing jobs will be disrupted by artificial intelligence and automation, universities have never been more important. York University, in Toronto, is redefining how we prepare students for success by linking our commitment to access, connectedness, excellence and […]

York University and IBM develop and launch AI-powered student support pilot

York University and IBM have launched an innovative student support solution that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to provide students with support services designed to improve their university experiences by delivering both academic and personal guidance covering a wide range of topics in real time. Developed collaboratively by York and IBM, this virtual assistant demonstrates how […]

CIPO at the Empowering Women Entrepreneurs symposium

It was an enormous pleasure for me to participate in IP Osgoode’s “Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: Effective Strategies for IP Commercialization and Success” symposium on February 11. I’d like to thank all the volunteers, organizers, participants, fellow panelists and guests who made this experience so memorable for me and many others. The Canadian Intellectual Property Office […]