IP Osgoode would like to congratulate the winners of the Gowlings Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize for 2012-2013.  Four prizes in total are awarded each year to Osgoode students and the winning blog posts are featured in the IPilogue. Recipients also receive a $500 award, are announced at Convocation and receive a permanent notation on their official Osgoode transcript.

The (the “Gowlings IPilogue Prize”) was pioneered in Intellectual Property class in the Fall 2007 term and has been generously sponsored each year since then by .

All blog entries and comments on the IPilogue submitted by Osgoode students are considered automatically for the prize (except those submitted by IPilogue Editors). In each academic semester, there is one prize for the best blog post and one prize for the best comment.

For students, this is a chance to recognize their research and writing in a specialized and technical field.  It also encourages law students with a strong interest in Intellectual Property Law to develop that interest.  Of course, the subject matter of the IPilogue goes beyond strictly IP.  Our stories also delve into related areas of Technology Law, including: internet law, privacy rights, broadcasting, e-commerce, social media and free speech.

We are pleased to announce this year’s winners of the Gowlings IPilogue Prizes:

Fall 2012:

Best Blog: Mark Bowman ()

Best Comment: Maximilian Paterson (Comment on )

Winter 2013:

Best Blog: Meng Xiao (Nancy) Situ ()

Best Comment: Danny Titolo (Comment on )

Congratulations to our winners and thank you to all who make the IPilogue possible.  We are most grateful to Gowlings for its generous support.

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For each semester, the author of the best blog is awarded a $500 cash prize, as well as a notation on their official Osgoode Transcript and an official prize announcement during convocation. There is also an award for the best comment made on a blog on the IP Osgoode Website each semester. Blogs can be found at . Commenting on blogs is a great way to keep up to date on relevant IP and Tech issues and join in the discussion with the rest of the IP Osgoode community.

Anyone wishing to be considered for the Gowlings Prize must submit their blog or comment, and be published on the IP Osgoode website, by the last day of classes (Friday April 12, 2013). Blogs must be Approx. 750 words and of publishable quality (i.e. no spelling/grammatical errors). It is recommended that blogs cite sources in the form of embedded hyperlinks, where appropriate.

Blogs can be submitted to iposgoode@osgoode.yorku.ca. Comments can be made directly on the website. All topics related to IP or Technology law are welcome. For more information on the Gowlings Prize, as well as a list of past winners, please visit

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There is also an award for the best comment made on a blog on the IP Osgoode Website each semester. Blogs can be found at . Commenting on blogs is a great way to keep up to date on relevant IP and Tech issues and join the discussion with the rest of the IP Osgoode community.

Anyone wishing to be considered for the Gowlings Prize must submit their blog or comment, and be published on the IP Osgoode website, by the last day of classes (Thursday April 5, 2012). Blogs must be Approx. 750 words and of publishable quality (i.e. no spelling/grammatical errors). It is recommended that blogs cite sources in the form of embedded hyperlinks, where appropriate.

Blogs can be submitted to iposgoode@osgoode.yorku.ca. Comments can be made directly on the website. All topics related to IP or Technology law are welcome. For more information on the Gowlings Prize, as well as a list of past winners, please visit

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