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Getting Profits From Patents: An Interview with Ed Fan and Loreto Grimaldi

Getting Profits From Patents: An Interview with Ed Fan and Loreto Grimaldi

The course Legal Values: Commercializing Intellectual Property is being offered for the first time at Osgoode Hall Law School this winter term.  The IPilogue sat down with Adjunct Professors, Ed Fan (Torys LLP, Partner) and Loreto Grimaldi (MedAvail Technologies Inc., COO & General Counsel) to talk about this unique course. As the business world increasingly relies on an […]

REMINDER: Canada Day Is The Submission Deadline for Canada's IP Writing Challenge!

REMINDER: Canada Day Is The Submission Deadline for Canada's IP Writing Challenge!

Canada Day is fast-approaching.  This means it’s also time to prepare your submissions to Canada’s IP Writing Challenge!  The submission deadline is Monday July 1, at 5pm. The winner from each category will receive a prize of $1000 (CAD), publication on the IP Osgoode website, and consideration for publication in the Canadian Intellectual Property Review […]

China’s Patent vs. Innovation Dilemma

China’s Patent vs. Innovation Dilemma

With a well-deserved reputation for counterfeiting and knockoffs, we have rarely looked to China for innovation and invention. Nevertheless, as an ever-growing giant on the world’s economic stage, China has taken steps to remedy this deficiency. About a year ago, Thomson-Reuters released their second report on the nation’s patent prowess, suggesting that China’s patent will outpace Japan […]

Dramatic Expansion Of Patentability In The US: Google Acquired A Patent On Doodles

Dramatic Expansion Of Patentability In The US: Google Acquired A Patent On Doodles

Xiaoyang Yang is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is enrolled in Professor Mgbeoji’s Patents class in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. In March 2011, Google was granted its long-sought patent for “Google Doodles” by the […]

Sound Prediction & The Case For Xalatan®

Sound Prediction & The Case For Xalatan®

Lena Vartanian is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is enrolled in Professor Mgbeoji’s Patents class in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. On October 11, 2011, Apotex Inc. announced its latest successful patent challenge, resulting in […]

Apple vs Samsung: Yet Another Blow Awaits Already Punch-Drunk Samsung

Apple vs Samsung: Yet Another Blow Awaits Already Punch-Drunk Samsung

Hyungsuk Yoon is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is enrolled in Professor Ikechi Mgbeoji’s Patents class in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. While a few bloggers on IPilogue have already commented on the ongoing patent […]

Case Analysis: Human Genome Sciences Inc v Eli Lilly & Company (UKSC)

Case Analysis: Human Genome Sciences Inc v Eli Lilly & Company (UKSC)

Ronak Shah is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is enrolled in Professor Mgbeoji’s Patents class in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. The IPilogue has already considered this decision on biotechnology patents, but this post provides […]

Open For Business: The Policy Justification Of Business Method Patents

Open For Business: The Policy Justification Of Business Method Patents

Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is enrolled in Professor Mgbeoji’s Patents class in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. This blog was written before the Federal Court of Appeal decision in Amazon.com was […]

Stormy Weather Ahead: Enforcing Patent Rights In The “Cloud”

Stormy Weather Ahead: Enforcing Patent Rights In The “Cloud”

Jennifer Webb is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is enrolled in Professor Mgbeoji’s Patents class in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. Due to the nature of “cloud” infrastructure, companies filing patents for cloud based innovations […]