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Selling the crown jewels: Nortel’s patent portfolio

Selling the crown jewels: Nortel’s patent portfolio

Brian Chau is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. As Nortel nears the end of the insolvency process, it is exploring the potential sale of its extremely valuable patent portfolio. Nortel holds 4,000 “patent families” related to the next-generation wireless technology, most notably LTE (Long Term Evolution) among others. The sale of these […]

Browsewrap - A binding, implied agreement?

Browsewrap - A binding, implied agreement?

Brian Chau is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall The Action On December 23, 2009, the Missouri Court of Appeals issued a ruling on browsewrap that essentially reinforced that the traditional principles of contract law apply to the internet. In this case, the plaintiff, Ms. Major used the defendant’s online contractor match-up service, ServiceMagic, and […]

Putting your eggs in one basket

Putting your eggs in one basket

Brian Chau is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods, Martha Stewart - all mighty brand names, with all too-famous stumbles. Personal branding is a powerful tool - our minds subconsciously create the association, and without knowing, we suddenly consider Accenture as a lean, mean consulting machine. However, what happens when the […]

Blanket Censorship: Limiting the Bycatch

Blanket Censorship: Limiting the Bycatch

Brian Chau is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. A significant problem that arises with internet censorship comes from the sheer volume and infinite forms of data generated on a daily basis across the world. An analogy can be drawn to the practical realities of commercial fishing – for every net cast into […]

It’s not me, it’s you

It’s not me, it’s you

Brian Chau is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall. e-Government, e-Commerce, online banking, Facebook – What do these have in common? All these services and functions are made possible by the fact that they are able to associate our activities with our identities. As our reliance on technology continues to grow, the ability to authenticate […]

The 2008 Berkeley Patent Survey

The 2008 Berkeley Patent Survey

Brian Chau is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Given the essential role that entrepreneurs play in driving the economy, there is no question that the creation of patent laws must take into account the protection of their interests. From a small business perspective, patents play a large role not only in helping protect their inventions […]

IP's role in the boardroom

IP's role in the boardroom

Brian Chau is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. "Intellectual Property is the oil of the 21st century. Look at the richest men a hundred years ago: they all made their money extracting natural resources or moving them around. All today's richest men have made their money out of intellectual property" - Mark […]