
IP Osgoode is an independent voice that explores legal governance issues at the intersection of intellectual property (IP) and technology. The program’s researchers, collaborators, and students actively engage in some of the most important and cutting-edge IP law and technology related research and policy discussions of today.
Commentary and analysis on the latest developments in intellectual property, technology and privacy, featuring curated contributions from students, scholars, and experts within the Osgoode community.
Since the advent of the Internet in the early 1990s, domain name registration has provided a constant source of dispute. On the one hand, you have people who are merrily registering domain names of their choosing; on the other hand, you have trademark holders who are frowning at the fact that their most obvious domain […]
Over the years, judicial and legislative efforts have dramatically changed the face of US patent law. Traditionally, the United States prescribed to a patent law regime which was territorial in nature, meaning that in order for a finding of infringement to be made, the infraction had to occur wholly within the United States. The recent […]
It is important to appreciate that the principal issue in this case surrounds the notion of a contract to purchase virtual land. The onus was on Linden Lab to ensure that their online purchasing system was intact and not penetrable to unfair usages by purchasers. On the other hand, it is arguable that Bragg was […]
Legal experts have recently made speculations regarding the blocking of internet pop-up advertisements, and have hypothesized that these web-browser plug-ins may be illegal. Any lawsuit commenced by advertisers would likely involve two arguments: the first one based on copyright infringement through derivative works and secondly, the violation of a website’s terms of agreement. The issue […]
What first strikes me is how a patent could have been issued as it does not seem to be an invention to clear checks, yes, previously done manually and then started electronically. As we know, for a patent to be issued it has to be new. I mean, how did they get a patent for […]
YouTube, an extremely popular video-sharing site that was created in 2005, is rapidly increasing concerns over video-sharing online free of charge. Right-holders of the videos argue that they are being unfairly deprived of the profits that are due to them. These concerns have actualized into legal actions. Recently, music publishers have joined a group of […]
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