Ariel Goldberg is a 1L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Usually, a dog toy’s squeak echoes throughout a home. A Jack Daniel’s bottle-shaped dog toy called “Bad Spaniels”…
Category: Parody
Gucci or CUGGL? The Japan Patent Office dismisses trademark infringement claims by Gucci
Anita Gogia is a IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On May 25, 2021 the Japan Patent Office (JPO) granted Nobuaki Kurokawa a trademark…
The Hocus Pocus of Intellectual Property in Halloween Costumes
Sabrina Macklai is an IPilogue Senior Editor and a 2L JD Candidate at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Happy spooky season! From “Evil Midweek Cutie” to “Juice Demon”,…
Transplanting the Canadian UGC Exception to Hong Kong: Part 1
In July 2013, the Hong Kong government conducted a public consultation on the treatment of parody under the copyright regime. Building on two earlier consultations on digital copyright reform in…
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Celine Dion Takes On Satirical Blogger In David And Goliath Fight (Spoiler: Goliath Wins)
Jennifer O’Dell is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall and Denise Brunsdon is a social media writer and researcher. Only one post remains on the Ridiculous Pictures of Celine Dion…
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Hague Court Allows Individual Artistic Expression
Jeffrey O’Brien is a JD candidate at the University of Alberta. Louis Vuitton may not have expected much of a counterattack when it sought to prevent Danish artist Nadia Plesner’s…