2009 Archives - IPOsgoode /osgoode/iposgoode/tag/2009/ An Authoritive Leader in IP Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:21:18 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Top Intellectual Property and Technology Stories of 2009 /osgoode/iposgoode/2010/01/05/top-intellectual-property-and-technology-stories-of-2009/ Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:21:18 +0000 http://www.iposgoode.ca/?p=6986 2009 was a significant year for developments in the area of intellectual property and technology. We have put together a brief list of noteworthy news, events and cases that we have covered this past year. Many of these items received top mainstream news coverage and were closely watched by the Canadian public. We are also […]

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]]> 2009 was a significant year for developments in the area of intellectual property and technology. We have put together a brief list of noteworthy news, events and cases that we have covered this past year. Many of these items received top mainstream news coverage and were closely watched by the Canadian public. We are also pleased to share with you a list of the top ten most read IPilogue articles from last year. 2010 should prove to be another fascinating year!

Top Stories of 2009:

Copyright garnered a lot of attention in Canada and internationally, including Canada's cross-country this past summer, the , legal battles over and student paper . Amazon’s Kindle e-reader raised some of unique copyright challenges associated with new technology and the class action was settled after 13 years of litigation in Canada. A series of P2P and file sharing sites took centre stage, with new developments in legal cases involving the in Sweden, in the Netherlands, and in Canada.

Patent law also grabbed headlines as the US Supreme Court heard the business method patent case last November. Amazon’s patent application for its one-click ordering system was by the Canadian Patent Appeal Board and Toronto-based i4i Inc. over Microsoft. Patents even became a following the news of Michael Jackson’s death. A complaint against Myriad Genetics and its was filed in 2009 and will be an interesting case to follow this year.

Trade-marks will continue to be a focal point of discussion in Canada, particularly with respect to (as the Winter Olympics commence in Vancouver very soon). Internationally, the EU Advocate General that Google’s AdWords do not violate trademarks and ICANN moved to introduce new and top level domains. A over the use of the prefix “glen” in Canadian single malt whisky and a recent South African case dealing with the use of highlighted difficulties that arise when dealing with words that arguably designate geographical origins.

Facebook's evolving and the CRTC’s decision on ISP practices were also top mainstream news items and closely watched by the Canadian public in 2009.

Top 10 Most Read IPilogue Articles of 2009:

Three Things to Keep Your Eye on in 2010

  1. The role of Internet Service Providers in handling online copyright infringement (in particular, graduated response initiatives around the world).
  2. The US Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision in the business method patents case, In Re Bilski.
  3. Social networks and cloud computing applications will come under even greater scrutiny with respect to their privacy policies and practices.

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