Section 53.1 of the Patent Act took effect in 2019. It was designed to reverse the 2000 decision of the Supreme Court in Free World Trust v Electro Santé Inc [2000] 2 SCR 1024 and…
Category: IP
TikTok Made me Buy It: Influencer Marketing and Copyright Infringement Issues
Picture this: It’s a Sunday afternoon and you’re a law student avoiding your Copyright readings. Instead of cracking open the textbook, you decide to scroll through TikTok, where you come…
Compulsory Licensing: A Potential Tool to Increase Vaccine Supply in Canada?
Since the beginning of the pandemic, efforts have been focused on developing a vaccine capable of providing immunity against SARS-CoV-2. With multiple vaccine candidates now demonstrating exceptionally high efficacy against…
2021 USPTO National Patent Application Drafting Competition
We had the honour of representing Osgoode at the 2021 USPTO National Patent Application Drafting Competition. The competition gave us, as well as our teammates, Yueyang (Vivian) Liu & Ding…
TRIPS: A Barrier to Covid-19 Vaccine Access?
With international efforts to administer the Covid-19 vaccinations underway, a glaring disparity in the vaccine distribution has emerged. High-income countries, composing about 16% of the world’s population, have purchased approximately…
Fanart: Love or Liability?
With the development of digital technology, the avenues for exhibiting art have expanded exponentially, and with it, questions about intellectual property law. New technological developments, like the internet and digital…