Emily Xiang is an IPilogue Writer, the President of the Intellectual Property Society of Osgoode (IPSO), and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. For fifty years,…
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"The Copyright Case of the Century”: Final Settlement between Google and Oracle on API Copyright Infringement
Tianchu Gao is an IPilogue Writer and a 1L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The decade-long dispute between Google and Oracle over computer code’s copyrightability finally came to an end on…
Copyright Confusion: Sony Upsetting Nintendo YouTubers
Photo by Ravi Palwe (Unsplash) Natalie Bravo is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Earthbound is a 1994 role-playing videogame (RPG) released in North America on…
Out of Bounds: Lebron Facing Lawsuit over Recent Social Media Post
NBA player Lebron James is facing a lawsuit for posting a picture of himself. Complex Magazine and Sports Illustrated reported that a New York copyright attorney filed a lawsuit against…
The 2020 Fox Intellectual Property Lecture: Global, Mandatory Fair Use
On Friday, February 21, DLA Piper and the Harold G. Fox Moot Organizing Committee presented, The 2020 Fox Intellectual Property Lecture. Professor Lionel Bently, of the University of Cambridge and…
Art from Fragments: A Legal Framework for the Growth of Canadian Hip-Hop and Digital Sampling
Digital audio sampling—a music production technique whereby sound-clips are extracted from songs and incorporated into new tracks via computer software—is a staple of hip-hop music. With the increased accessibility of…