Intellectual Property: Fuel for the Fire or Shelf Life of a Banana?
IP Osgoode and Osgoode Hall Law School host intellectual property symposium in honour of Osgoode Prof. David Vaver
TORONTO, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017 鈥 For nearly 40 years, has been a guiding force in the Canadian intellectual property (IP) landscape. On Monday, Nov. 20, IP Osgoode and Osgoode Hall Law School at 91亚色 will host a special symposium in honour of Vaver 鈥
Vaver鈥檚 scholarly outputs have been cited with approval in rulings by the Supreme Court of Canada and other court and tribunal opinions. His teaching, at universities on three continents, has influenced generations of students who have gone on to practise, research and teach IP law. On May 10, 2017, the Governor of General of Canada in recognition of 鈥渉is leadership in intellectual property law as a scholar and mentor鈥.
David Vaver
The symposium will include a distinguished set of participants drawn from Vaver鈥檚 network of former students, colleagues and research collaborators. It will take place from 9am to 4:15pm in Room 1014, Osgoode Hall Law School, Ignat Kaneff Building, Keele campus.
The event will highlight four main themes of Vaver鈥檚 extensive scholarship: overlap and redundancy in the IP system, legislation and reform, users鈥 rights, and the importance of history. IP Osgoode founder and director , who will chair the day鈥檚 events, describes her former law professor and now colleague as
Following the symposium, the conversation will continue on IP Osgoode鈥檚 blog (www.iposgoode.ca), the IPilogue, which will feature blogs and commentary about each panel session. The event will be audio-recorded and a podcast of each panel session, the keynote speech and Vaver鈥檚 closing remarks will be made available for those who could not attend. A video of highlights from the day鈥檚 events and special messages from some of the participants will be posted on IP Osgoode鈥檚 website. In addition, a special edition of the Intellectual Property Journal will be convened with articles and commentaries contributed by the guest speakers and participants.
The , CC,QC (Supreme Court of Canada, 2006 to 2015) will provide a luncheon keynote and will be introduced by The , QC (Federal Court of Canada, 2001 to 2016).
The first session, 鈥淭oo Much of the Same: Overlap & Redundancy on the IP System,鈥 will feature Hughes, , Professor of Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law, University of Oxford, and , Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa. D鈥橝gostino will chair the session.
鈥淭owards a Coherent Moral Centre: Legislation & Reform,鈥 will be chaired by IP Osgoode faculty member , Associate Dean, Research & Institutional Relations, and Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, and feature , Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Queen鈥檚 University, and , Assistant Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law, The University of British Columbia.
The newest IP Osgoode faculty member, , Assistant Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, will chair the session on 鈥淯ser Rights,鈥 an area where Vaver has made a formative contribution. The panel includes , Visiting Professor of Law, National Law School, Bangalore, and Honorary Research Chair Professor of IP Law, Nirma University, , QC, Founding Partner, Bereskin & Parr LLP, and , William Fairfield Warren, Distinguished Professor, School of Law, Boston University.
, IP Osgoode faculty member and Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, will chair the day鈥檚 final event on 鈥淭he Importance of History.鈥 The panel features , Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University, and , Partner, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP. A cocktail reception will close the day鈥檚 events.
Support for the event is provided by IP Osgoode, Osgoode Hall Law School and .
To attend the symposium, RSVP at (event code: Vaver). For the agenda and participant biographies, click .
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About IP Osgoode
Conceptualized & founded in 2008 by Professor Giuseppina D鈥橝gostino, , the Intellectual Property (IP) Law and Technology Program at Osgoode Hall Law School, is an independent and authoritative voice which explores legal governance issues at the intersection of intellectual property and technology. IP Osgoode cultivates interdisciplinary, comparative and transnational research, collaboration, policy-thinking and practice on the basis of a tight connection between teaching, research and clinical action. IP Osgoode has put Osgoode and 91亚色 on the map in the global IP debate. We aim to influence the IP debate in Canada and internationally by educating our students and collaborating with the IP community in Canada and worldwide. Together, we have built an innovative program that is cutting-edge and completely unique to Osgoode.
About Osgoode Hall Law School
of 91亚色 has a proud history of 128 years of leadership and innovation in legal education and legal scholarship. A total of about 900 students are enrolled in Osgoode鈥檚 three-year Juris Doctor (JD) Program as well as joint and combined programs. The school's Graduate Program in Law is also the largest in the country and one of the most highly regarded in North America. In addition, Osgoode Professional Development, which operates out of Osgoode鈥檚 facility in downtown Toronto, offers both degree and non-degree programming for Canadian and international lawyers, non-law professionals, firms and organizations. Osgoode has an internationally renowned faculty of 60 full-time professors, and more than 100 adjunct professors. Our respected community of more than 18,000 alumni are leaders in the legal profession and in many other fields in Canada and across the globe.
About 91亚色
is known for championing new ways of thinking that drive teaching and research excellence. Our students receive the education they need to create big ideas that make an impact on the world. Meaningful and sometimes unexpected careers result from cross-discipline programming, innovative course design and diverse experiential learning opportunities. 91亚色 students and graduates push limits, achieve goals and find solutions to the world鈥檚 most pressing social challenges, empowered by a strong community that opens minds. 91亚色 U is an internationally recognized research university 鈥 our 11 faculties and 26 research centres have partnerships with 200+ leading universities worldwide. Located in Toronto, 91亚色 is the third largest university in Canada, with a strong community of 53,000 students, 7,000 faculty and administrative staff, and more than 295,000 alumni. 91亚色 U's fully bilingual Glendon campus is home to Southern Ontario's Centre of Excellence for French Language and Bilingual Postsecondary Education.
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