Will I Am: Pharrell Williams and Will.i.am In Trade-Mark Dispute
Pharrell may currently hold the #1 and #2 spots on Billboard’s Hot 100, but in the past few weeks, he made headlines due to his ongoing trade-mark dispute with Will.i.am (coincidentally, the last band...
View ArticleInterflora – The Latest Legal Decision in the Blossoming Google AdWords Debate
The verdict is in for the lengthy European trade-mark battle between British flower competitors Marks and Spencer (M&S) and Interflora regarding Google AdWords and trade-mark infringement. Victory...
View ArticleNow You See It, Now You Don’t: Patent Litigation After Virgin v Zodiac
In one of the most keenly observed United Kingdom patent lawsuits in recent memory, Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited v Zodiac Seats UK Limited, the European Patent Office (“EPO”) and the UK Supreme...
View ArticleTime for a Change? Fraser Institute Urges Canada to Strengthen its...
A little over a week ago, the Fraser Institute, a prominent and independent Canadian public policy think tank, released a report calling for a strengthening of intellectual property protection for...
View Article17 Year-Old Patent Causing Problems for Podcasters
Is a podcast analogous to a cassette tape recording of a magazine article? Jim Logan of Personal Audio thinks that it is, and that it thereby infringes his patent. In 1996, Jim Logan received a patent...
View ArticleCanada and US Continue to Diverge on Geolocational Privacy
Just because technology now exists to track a person through their mobile phone does not mean you are legally entitled to do so. This was the main conclusion by the Supreme Court of New Jersey in...
View ArticleCall for Applications – Research Assistant Position (Copyright & IP Research)
Professors David Vaver and Giuseppina D’Agostino are seeking a JD student to assist in general research of a copyright project, to help prepare some teaching materials for a short intensive course on...
View ArticleTo Poach a Mockingbird: Harper Lee’s Trade-mark Battle
So much for southern hospitality. Celebrated American author Harper Lee finds herself embroiled in a trademark clash for the right to register the title of her own 1961 Pulitzer-winning novel, To Kill...
View ArticleRevenge of the Trolls: Back to Square One for Apple
“To live is to war with trolls,” said Henrik Ibsen. Well, Apple Inc (“Apple”) has recently reached an impasse in its war against patent holding firm or “patent troll” Lodsys, LLC. On September 24,...
View ArticleCETA: A Very Reasonable Canadian-esque Compromise on Pharmaceutical...
At long last, the Canadian Federal Government and the European Commission announced in October that a political agreement has been reached regarding the much anticipated Comprehensive Economic and...
View ArticleIntroducing Osgoode Hall’s 2013-2014 Fox Moot Team
IP Osgoode is pleased to introduce the 2013-2014 Harold G. Fox Moot Team for Osgoode Hall Law School. Representing Osgoode are Benjamin Farrow and Isabella Ssozi in the role of the Respondent, Faye...
View ArticleHappy Holidays from IP Osgoode!
Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, the Founder and Director of the new IP Intensive Program, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. IP Osgoode wishes...
View ArticleNo Beer and No TV Makes Judge Levy $10M fine for Simpsons, Family Guy Streaming
Who controls the British Crown? Who keeps illegal streaming down? The Federal Court of Canada does! (May the pop-culture references commence.) The Federal Court of Canada made international news by...
View ArticleParody in Trade-mark Law –“Dumb Starbucks” Might Not Be So Dumb After All
Nathan Fielder created quite an uproar when he opened up an establishment in Los Feliz, California named “Dumb Starbucks.” According to its FAQ sheet, the store claimed to legally operate under US...
View ArticleCourt Rejects Class Action Settlement in Long-Standing Copyright Dispute...
An Ontario Superior Court has rejected a class action settlement between the publisher Thomson Reuters and a collection of Canadian lawyers and law firms, stating that the proposed settlement is not...
View ArticleWill Amazon Get Burned for Playing with Fyre?
Has Amazon, the hero of online shopping and home of the Kindle, become the newest provider of pay-per-view porn? According to WREAL, the company behind the adult entertainment streaming device and...
View ArticleHas the Supreme Court Delivered a Knock-Out Blow to the Entertainment Industry?
And so the sparring will go another round. On May 19th the United States Supreme Court delivered its decision on Patrella v Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, allowing Paula Petrella to pursue her copyright...
View ArticleThe Washington Wrong-Skins: A Moral Victory over Tasteless Trademarks
The football field is for helmets not headdresses. In the much talked about June 18, 2014 decision in Blackhorse v Pro Football, Inc. the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) made a clear...
View ArticleApotex Successfully Invalidates Patent on Nexium
AstraZeneca has been selling Nexium in Canada for 13 years. It is prescribed to treat ulcers, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and related diseases. The active ingredient in Nexium is...
View ArticleTransplanting the Canadian UGC Exception to Hong Kong: Part 3
In Parts I and II of this series of blog posts, I discussed the ongoing digital copyright reform in Hong Kong. Specifically, I called for the transplant of the Canadian UGC exception to the...
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