As part of Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law Intensive Program, I had the opportunity to spend ten weeks at Teva Canada working with in-house counsel. Teva Canada is one of Canada’s largest generic pharmaceutical…
Category: IP Intensive
Double, Double Toil and [Freedom of Expression] Trouble for Trade-mark Owners in the United States: A Halloween Tale of Trade-marks and Haunted Houses
On October 24, 2012, a California Court of Appeal released its decision on Winchester Mystery House LLC v Global Asylum Inc, 2012 WL 5243809 (Cal App 6 Dist). The result…
Vandals, Remixed: The Copyrightability of “Defaced” Works
Adam Del Gobbo’s recent post addressed some pertinent issues surrounding remix culture, which is outlined in Professor Lawrence Lessig’s 2008 book, Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid…
Subsequent Entry Biologic Litigation Set to Take Off in Canada
The Canadian pharmaceutical industry is entering a new era as Subsequent Entry Biologic (SEB) litigation begins to emerge in the Canadian pharmaceutical landscape. Biologic drugs are derived through the metabolic…
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The Stalkers in our Computers - Online Ad Tracking + Privacy
On 17 February, 2012 the Wall Street Journal published a story claiming that Google had bypassed Safari web-browser security settings on Mac and mobile devices in order to track users…
Patenting Food - A Healthy Way Forward?
Obesity and chronic diseases, like diabetes and heart disease, are on the rise. To solve this crisis, we seem to be searching for the next super food, known as functional…