Cynthia Khoo (IPilogue Editor)

November 7, 2013in Copyright, Copyright Reform, Digital Locks, Domain Names, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Human Rights Issues, Infringement, Innovation, Internet, IP, IP Reform, Jurisdiction, Technology, Telecommunications, Trademarks, WIPO0by Editor

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When the Internet Has a Party, Everyone's Invited: IP Law Issues at the Internet Governance Forum 2013

There is a little-known place in the world where you can approach absolutely anyone—a Brazilian federal minister or WIPO legal officer; a policy manager at Google or the world’s leading…

March 18, 2013in Commercialization, Competition Law, Contracts, Infringement, Patentability, Patents, Technology, US0by Editor

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Bowman v. Monsanto and Patent Exhaustion: To Be, or Ought to Be?

More of a cautionary winter’s tale than a midsummer night’s dream, an Indiana farmer facing legal action from a certain biotech and chemical multinational behemoth recently reached the U.S. Supreme…

February 12, 2013in Competition Law, European Union, Internet, Privacy, Regulatory Policy, Social Media1by Editor

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Mining the Digital Gold Rush: The Legal (L)ore around France's Data-Mining Tax

With markets in real property, personal property, and intellectual property quite cornered, the future-savvy lawyer might consider their cutting-edge cousin, if France’s data-mining tax proposal has its way: what could…

January 24, 2013in Canada, Commercialization, Copyright, Digital Libraries, Human Rights, IP, IP Reform, Moral Rights, Ownership, Patents, Social Justice, Trademarks, WIPO0by Editor

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Pride and Property: IP Law, Traditional Knowledge, and Cultural Heritage

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single culture in possession of good traditional knowledge must be in want of intellectual property rights.” (more…)

December 3, 2012in Competition, Competition Law, Design, Freedom of Speech, IP, Ownership, Regulatory Policy, Trademarks0by Editor

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Artwork to Ashes, Brands to Dust: Australia's Tobacco Plain Packaging Act Held Constitutionally Valid

Put this in your pipe and smoke it: The High Court of Australia recently ruled that the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act withstands constitutional scrutiny, in JT International SA v Commonwealth of Australia. Retailers and…

November 14, 2012in Copyright, Infringement, IP, Literary Works0by Editor

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C for Copyright: No More Pirated Textbooks for Guyanese Classrooms

In a case that calls more for gold stars than gold doubloons, the government of Guyana and major British publishing houses have at last come to an agreement over textbook…