This past year marks a year where the Government of Canada engaged more than ever on the IP front. The Government of Canada’s announcement of a National IP Strategy was…
Category: Secondary (ISP) Liability
Internet service providers liability and copyright protection in the EU
The re-posting of this analysis is part of a cross-posting collaboration with MediaLaws: Law and Policy of the Media in a Comparative Perspective. Which is the legal framework surrounding…
A Handcrafted Problem: Etsy's share price woes and IP infringement
Etsy describes itself as a “marketplace where people around the world connect, both online and offline, to make, sell and buy unique goods.” For a site based on creativity and uniqueness,…
IP Year in Review 2014 - The Perpetual Motion of IP Law
Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, the IP Intensive Program, and the IP Osgoode Innovation Clinic, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the IPilogue, the Deputy Editor…
Grooveshark Fails to Navigate DMCA Safe Harbor
The recently announced decision of the United States District Court in Manhattan, UMG v. Escape Media Group (Grooveshark), serves to further elucidate the terms on which service providers can expect legal…
#TwitterWantsToTweetTransparency
Earlier this month, Twitter filed a lawsuit (Twitter v. Holder) against the US Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), claiming they prevented Twitter from publishing…