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January 25, 2018in Blogs, Canada, China, Competition Law, Copyright, Copyright Reform, Digital Locks, Fair Dealing, Feature Post, Infringement, Infringement, Internet, Internet Sharing, IP, Jurisdiction, Patents, Secondary (ISP) Liability, Supreme Court of Canada, Trademarks, UK, UK, US0by Editor

IP Year in Review 2017 - A Year of Promises Made, Kept, and Abandoned

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…

December 19, 2016in Blogs, China, Personality Rights, Trademarks0by Editor

Branding Names: from Air Jordan to Linsanity and Trump Toilets

2016 was a winning year for Western trademarks in China. It produced an unprecedented number of decisions – two, to be exact – in which China won praise for protecting…

July 30, 2014in Canada, China, Copyright, IP Reform, Uncategorized0by Editor

Transplanting the Canadian UGC Exception to Hong Kong: Part 3

In Parts I and II of this series of blog posts, I discussed the ongoing digital copyright reform in Hong Kong. Specifically, I called for the transplant of the Canadian UGC exception to…

March 10, 2014in Canada, China, Copyright, Copyright Reform, WIPO0by Editor

Transplanting the Canadian UGC Exception to Hong Kong: Part 2

In Part I of this series of blog posts, I discussed a position paper I submitted to the Hong Kong government as part of its public consultation on the treatment of parody under the copyright regime.…