Satomi Aki is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On August 10, 2011, the US District Court denied Christian Louboutin S.A.’s motion for an preliminary injunction against Yves…
Category: Jurisdiction
High Award For "Queen Of Tarts" On Default Judgment In Trade-mark Infringement Case
Taylor Vanderhelm is a JD candidate at the University of Alberta. The Federal Court of Canada awarded significant damages in a Pick v. 1180475 Alberta Ltd. et al. 2011 FC…
US Court of Appeals Rejects Freelance Authors’ Settlement In Follow Up To Tasini Precedent
Nora Sleeth is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The National Writers Union, The Authors Guild, and the American Society of Journalists and Authors, along with 21 individual…
Justice Rothstein Finds US Patent Standard Neither Clear Nor Convincing
Brent Randall is a JD candidate at the University of Ottawa. Justice Marshall Rothstein of the Supreme Court of Canada recently spoke at the American Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Law…
Intellectual Property And Development: Closing The Conceptual Gap
Alysia Lau is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. I spent this past summer interning with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Jakarta, Indonesia. Preparing to take part…
Japan: Farewell Analog, Welcome Digital
Elisa Bertolini is a member of the MediaLaws Steering Committee and an academic at the Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi. The re-posting of this analysis is part of a cross-posting collaboration…