As a lawyer, I perceived overlapping legal rights to be a reasonable attempt of the legislators to cover the numerous nuances of the empirical reality. However, prior to my attendance at IP Osgoode's symposium entitled, âIntellectual Property: Fuel for the Fire of Genius or Shelf Life of a Banana?â, which honoured Prof. David Vaver's Order […]
IP Osgoode is pleased to mark the year Prof. David Vaver received the Order of Canada for his leadership in intellectual property as a âa scholar and mentorâ with something just as timeless to share with Osgoode Hall Law students, our future leaders in intellectual property law. On Nov 20, following a day-long symposium honouring […]
Re-posted below is a media release from 91ŃÇÉ«. TORONTO, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017 â For nearly 40 years, Professor David Vaver has been a guiding force in the Canadian intellectual property (IP) landscape. On Monday, Nov. 20, IP Osgoode and Osgoode Hall Law School at 91ŃÇÉ« will host a special symposium in honour […]
As part of the IP Osgoode Speaks Series, Dr. Siva Thambisetty, an associate professor of law at the London School of Economics, visited Osgoode Hall Law School to speak on the subject of patent dialect. The main focus of her talk, entitled, "Is Patent Law Evasive or Merely Elusive?", was to highlight the issue of […]
What happens when intellectual property law collides with the social sciences? They meld together for some fascinating experiments. In a lecture given at Osgoode Hall Law School as part of the IP Osgoode Speaks Series, Prof. Chris Buccafusco described three such experiments performed by him and his team.[1]Â Specifically, their research seeks to develop an […]
On June 29, Sam Harris delivered a TED Talk in which he posed the question: âcan we build artificial intelligence without losing control of it?â He proposed the founding of âsomething like a Manhattan project on the topic of artificial intelligenceâ to answer his question. On September 28, leading Silicon Valley AI developers entered into a âPartnership […]
Introduction As the first collaboration of its kind, in February 2016, IP Osgoode and The Copyright and International Trade Policy Branch of the Department of Canadian Heritage, came together to organize the âOrphan Works Licensing Portal Hackathonâ, a multi-day hackathon to develop options for a new online system to process licensing of Canadian orphan works […]
IP Osgoode would like to thank everyone who attended "Unpack SODRAC: Technological Change and Copyright Tariffs after CBC v SODRAC (SCC 2015)" on February 25, 2016 at Osgoode Hall Law School.
On March 11, the IP Osgoode Speaks Series hosted University of Torontoâs Professor Abraham Drassinower to present his new book, Whatâs Wrong with Copying? His presentation was followed with comments by Professor Bita Amani from Queenâs University, as well as Osgoodeâs own Professor Carys Craig; each of whom offered insightful critiques of Drassinowerâs book.
The Honourable Mr. Marshall Rothstein is a tough act to follow, especially when recounting his own majority decision. At the recent UNPACK SODRAC: Technological Change and Copyright Tariffs after CBC v SODRAC (SCC 2015) symposium, the former Supreme Court justice stood firmly by his decision in the case during his keynote address. The panelists during […]