Ben Farrow is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On September 22, 2011, the European Court of Justice handed down a judgement on a series of trade mark…
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The Dirty Details of Disclosure: Navigating the Fine Line Between Prior Art and Public Good in British Patent Law
Mekhala Chaubal is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On 27 July 2011, Mr. Justice Arnold of the Patents Court Division of the High Court of England and…
ASA Rules On Ad For Joke Phone Hacking App: Guess The Joke Is On You, Jamster
Satomi Aki is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the independent advertising watchdog of the UK, upheld On July 13, 2011, complaints against…
A “Charter Rights First” Approach To The Intersection Of Freedom Of Expression And Copyright
Graham Reynolds is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and an IP Osgoode Research Affiliate. Recent legislative developments in Canada…
Role of intellectual property in the UK: do smaller firms benefit?
Mark Rogers (Harris Manchester College, Oxford University) focuses on applied analysis of intellectual property and performance in his research. He is an IP Osgoode Research Affiliate. The role of IP…
Privacy Rights Violated by Police Holding Photos
A recent Court of Appeal decision in England declared that retention of photos taken of a man by the police long after it was determined that no crime had occurred…