Shawn Dhue is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Not only do songwriters and artists owe the viral video app TikTok for…
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Intellectual Property Protections of Olympic Proportions: A Look at Tokyo 2020
Claire Wortsman is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. From the thrilling gold-medal finish of the women’s soccer team to Andre De…
A voice gone viral: Canadian voice actor sues TikTok for using her voice without permission for text-to-speech feature
Photo Credits: Tima Moroschnichenko (Pexels) Meena Alnajar is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. If you have used TikTok in the last seven…
TikTok Made me Buy It: Influencer Marketing and Copyright Infringement Issues
Picture this: It’s a Sunday afternoon and you’re a law student avoiding your Copyright readings. Instead of cracking open the textbook, you decide to scroll through TikTok, where you come…
Social Media Privacy: Legalities of Personal Data Collection
Social media platforms are connecting friends, family, and colleagues in new ways. With over 3.6 billion people using social media in 2020, these platforms are all-encompassing. Each of these billions…
The US-China Fight Over TikTok and Its Lessons for Canada
Perhaps one of the biggest news stories in the technology industry in the past year was the uncertain fate of TikTok, a music-video app that was developed by the Chinese…