During the Holocaust, a Polish Catholic single mother, Francizska Halamajowa, secreted 15 Jews away from the Nazis. Two families hid for years in the hay loft of her pigsty, while…
Category: Infringement
Wikimedia vs BUS: How to Regulate Copyright on Public Art in the Digital Age
If you’re thinking about posting on Instagram one more selfie from your recent trip to Sweden, think again. OffeSntlig Konst, an open database where visitors can see descriptions, maps and…
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IP Osgoode Speaks Series featuring Dr. Abraham Drassinower: What's Wrong with Copying?
On March 11, the IP Osgoode Speaks Series hosted University of Toronto’s Professor Abraham Drassinower to present his new book, What’s Wrong with Copying? His presentation was followed with comments…
Fashion Labels and Inuit Designs: When Law is Not Enough
A recent incident involving replication of an Inuit design by a UK fashion label raises interesting questions regarding whether businesses should be required to go beyond the scope of law…
Osgoode Wins Best Factum, Takes 2nd Place at the 2016 Fox IP Moot
A preeminent Canadian artist named Ann Phibian. Her shaded-in line drawing of a leaping frog titled “50 Shades of Green” and the public domain painting it was based on titled…
Batmobile Declared a Character Deserving of Copyright Protection, Finally Invincible
The U.S. Ninth Circuit court held in DC Comics v Towle (“Towle”) that Mark Towle’s Batmobile replicas infringed DC Comics’ copyrights, and that the Batmobile was a “character” deserving of copyright protection. (more…)