Emily Xiang is an IPilogue Writer, the President of the Intellectual Property Society of Osgoode, and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. In 1996, the Comox First…
Tag: traditional knowledge
Fostering Innovation but Excluding Tradition: The Incompatibility of IP and Traditional Knowledge
Intellectual Property (IP) law regimes and their related protections are recognized as being imperative to fostering innovation. Globally, countries including Canada are dedicating millions to IP initiatives to try and…
Announcing the Winner of Canada’s IP Writing Challenge 2017
IP Osgoode and the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) are thrilled to announce the winner of the ninth annual edition of Canada’s IP Writing Challenge: (more…)
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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…)
Poverty in the developing world: Should TRIPs really be repealed?
Tamsin Thomas is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is taking the Intellectual Property Theory course. In his article, “Some Realism about Indigenism”, Professor Michael Davis argues that TRIPs…
The Inequitable Commons
Michael John Long is an LLM candidate at Osgoode Hall and is taking the Intellectual Property Theory course. The Romance of the Public Domain, as Anupam Chander and Madhavi Sunder…