A United States District Court has recently held that three NBA superstars (including Los Angeles forward LeBron James) possess non-exclusive licences to authorize the reproduction of their tattoos as part…
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The Toronto Housing Market Just Got Crazier!
Although the Toronto housing market may be constantly scrutinized by the Canadian media, it is not often that a copyright infringement case becomes a matter for public consumption. However, the…
Hollywood Lawsuit May Have Blockbuster Results
US tech incubator, Rearden LLC, has been engaged in a drawn-out battle over its facial motion-capture technology, MOVA Contour. The disputed software was used to create the famous faces of…
Blockchain: Revolutionizing Content Creation, Registry and Dissemination in the Creative Industry
People often inadvertently refer to “Bitcoin” when they actually mean blockchain, perhaps largely because the Bitcoin cryptocurrency was the first application of blockchain. But, blockchain is more than cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency is…
The (R)evolutionary Impact of AI-Generated Work and Big Data on Intellectual Property Law and Commercialization
Who should own the Intellectual Property (IP) rights for Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated work? The current global legal regime does not allow for patents and copyright protection of AI inventions and…
IP Osgoode Speaks Series Video: Prof. Frank Pasquale on "A Rule of Persons, Not Machines"
IP Osgoode would like to thank everyone who attended Prof. Frank Pasquale’s lecture entitled, “A Rule of Persons, Not Machines”, on March 24, 2017 at Osgoode Hall Law School. The…