August 10-11, 2017
Intellectual Property Scholars Conference
At Cardoza School of Law, New York. Visit the event website for details.
September 11, 2017
IP Osgoode Student Information Session
Come meet your fellow IP students and receive some information on how you can volunteer and participate in IP Osgoode’s activities and programs.  12:30 – 1:30 PM @ OHLS Room 2008.
September 25-26, 2017
2017 Accessibility Innovation Showcase
The event will profile innovative accessibility technologies and assistive devices through interactive exhibits. IP Osgoode’s Innovation Clinic with Norton Rose Fulbright LLP will be on hand to provide IP information to the events’ exhibitors. Visit the event website for details.
September 25-27, 2017
Unitary Patent and UPC Road Show
A CIPO and EPO seminar on the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court in Gatineau, Toronto and Montreal, featuring Margot Fröhlinger, Principal Director for Unitary Patent, European and International Legal Affairs at the EPO. Visit CIPO’s website for details.
October 11-13, 2017
91st IPIC Annual Meeting
Niagara Falls, Ontario. Visit the meeting website for details.
Copyright Board Reform Consultations
Consultations on proposed legislative and regulatory changes to the Copyright Board’s decision-making processes will be open from August 9 to September 29. Those interested can share their views until September 29 by emailing CBconsultations@canada.ca. Click for details.
The USPTO published a new report synthesizing public comments on an important question for innovators in a wide variety of industries: What are the appropriate boundaries of patent eligible subject matter?
The IPIGRAM (10 August 2017) 
Feature Posts

Just Laugh It Off: Trademark Parody and the Expansion of User Rights 
August 9, 2017 by Sebastian Beck-Watt
I was invited to attend the Canadian Bar Association Intellectual Property section’s IP Day 2017 and Judges’ Dinner, on May 11, 2017 in Ottawa. It was an honour to be invited as the winner of the Intellectual Property Law student essay contest for my paper “Just Laugh It Off: Trademark Parody and the Expansion of User Rights”, a research paper I originally wrote as part of Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program.

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Sebastian Beck-Watt is Senior Editor of the IPilogue and a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School.

IP Osgoode Call for Applications
August 9, 2017 by IP Osgoode
We are pleased to announce a call for applications for a number of exciting opportunities with IP Osgoode including IPilogue Editors and Innovation Clinic Fellows.  See below for more information.
Osgoode students are invited to attend the IP Osgoode Student Information Session on Monday, September 11, from 12:30 pM to 1:30 PM in room 2008.  This will be a great opportunity to mingle with IP Osgoode team members and fellow IP students, and learn more about IP Osgoode and how you may get involved in our activities and programs.
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SCC Rules in Favour of Plaintiffs in Class Action Against Facebook
August 8, 2017 by Roger Angus
On June 23 the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) delivered its decision in Douez v Facebook Inc., ruling in favour of the plaintiff. This decision affirms that the privacy rights of Canadians override forum selection clauses contained in contracts of adhesion, which are becoming increasingly prevalent in places such as online service agreements.
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Roger Angus is an IPilogue Editor and a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.
RECENT POSTS

Having Skin in the Game – How Video Games are Entering the World of Gambling
August 8, 2017 by Alexandria Chun
Gambling has accompanied sports-watching for hundreds of years. In Canada alone, it was reportedly estimated that $500 million are spent annually on provincially-regulated sports gambling. Similar gambling activities are now prevalent in digital arenas. Popular strategy video games, such as Starcraft and Dota 2, have given rise to the massive industry of eSports, or professional competitive video gaming. Much like how sports fans can bet on the outcome of a game or series, eSports fans can place online bets on the performance of individual gamers or teams.
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Alexandria Chun is an IPilogue Editor and a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. 
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