Last blog added on Monday, May 14th, 2012

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“IPilogue is a blog populated with entries from students at Osgoode Hall Law School as well as postings from guest bloggers around the globe. The blog contains comments and thoughts about current pressing intellectual property, technology, privacy and related legal issues.”

Recent Posts

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One Step Closer: Bill C-11
May 16th, 2012

May 14, 2012 brings the latest attempt at copyright reform, Bill C-11 one step closer to fruition. Bill C-11 began with its Introduction and Initial Reading before the House in September of 2011, and is presently, as of May 14 2012, in its Report Stage. Otherwise known as Canada’s Copyright Modern... Read more »

Bergeron Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology (BEST) Program Launches at York
May 14th, 2012

IP Osgoode would like to congratulate the York University Faculty of Science and Engineering as well as Douglas Bergeron and his wife Sandra Bergeron on their two million dollar endeavour to support entrepreneurial programs and initiatives focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics... Read more »

Whose Patent is It Anyway?: The Ongoing Legal Legacy Between Samsung and Apple
May 14th, 2012

Using a quote that he attributes to Pablo Picasso, the late Steve Jobs stated in a 1994 interview that “good artists copy, great artists steal.” It seems somewhat ironic that Apple Inc., the company he co-founded, now finds itself in an entrenched legal battle with Samsung over a number of all... Read more »

Copyright at the Edge of Artistic Creativity
May 12th, 2012

Part of what makes studying the creative arts from a legal perspective so fascinating is the diversity of forms that art takes, and the ways in which law is sometimes underprepared to deal with issues brought forward through art. A classic instance of this problem is the case of Rick Gibson, a Canad... Read more »

Luksan v. Van der Let, Or Rather, EU v. UrhG?
May 10th, 2012

A recent dispute before an Austrian court has demonstrated a quirky conflict between EU and domestic law with regards to the granting of statutory exploitation rights in cinematographic works. The plaintiff, Mr. Luksan, was a scriptwriter and principal director of a documentary on the topic of Germa... Read more »

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