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LaunchYU Pitch Competition and Accelerator Program Graduation 2015
July 29-30, 2015
Global IP Summit 2015
London, UK. International Intellectual Property Law Association event.
July 27 – 29, 2015
Canvas 2015
CIVDDD and CANVAC present Canadian Visual Analytics School, CANVAS 2015 at York University.
August 24 – 28, 2015
Justice Design Project
A Winkler Institute for Dispute Resolution at Osgoode Hall Law School event.
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Johanne Bélisle appointed CEO of CIPO, effective September 8, 2015.
Agent Privilege (Bill C-59) receives royal assent
Digital Privacy Act (Bill S-4) receives royal assent.
IPilogue: Call for Applications Positions Available:
Graphic Artist & Illustrator
Features Editor
Intellectual Property Journal Call for Submissions Submissions are welcomed to be considered for inclusion in the Intellectual Property Journal (IPJ).
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| The IPIGRAM (14 July 2015)
Feature Posts
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On Your Mark, Get Set, Go! Ambush Marketing and the Pan Am/Parapan Am Games 2015
As with any other major sporting event, the Pan Am/Parapan Am Games 2015 will showcase elite athletes. Behind the scenes the marketing games will also be in full swing. These games involve ambush marketing, the bane of major sporting events and their sponsors. Teresa Scassa is the Canada Research Chair in Information Law at the University of Ottawa. Some of her writing on ambush marketing and the law can be found here, here and here.
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Why Now is the Perfect Time to Discuss Performance Rights
July 12, 2015 by Aicha Tohry
It’s Toronto’s time to shine! This past October, Governor General David Johnston officially declared 2015 to be the “Year of Sport in Canada” and Toronto’s hosting of the Pan American Games is clearly one of the reasons why. The major sporting event is a fantastic opportunity for the city’s economic development. In fact, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce expects the games to bring in 250,000 new visitors as well as more than $3.7 billion in new economic activity. Considering that tourists spend $1.1 billion in food and beverages alone every year, each tourist the games bring in is a potential new consumer for bars and restaurants in the city. As the business becomes increasingly competitive, eating and drinking establishment owners might want to rethink their practices and come up with new ways to attract clients in order to make the most of the Pan American Games. And music might just be the answer.
Aicha Tohry is an IPilogue Editor and a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.
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| | | CBC vs. The World: Let the Broadcasting Games Begin July 13, 2015 by Michael Cara In the September 2012 battle for broadcast rights to the 2015 Pan American Games, CBC/Radio Canada emerged victorious from what was reportedly described as a "very aggressive bidding process with multiple bidders." In light of the difficult landscape shift CBC has experienced over the past two years, there was serious concern as to how the public broadcaster would approach this year's games.
Michael Cara is an IPilogue Editor and a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.
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| Recent Posts
The Digital Privacy Act (Bill S-4) passed into law yesterday, introducing (among other things) significant fines and mandatory breach notification (not yet in force) into the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). Organizations which handle personal information in the course of their commercial activities will want to undertake a review of their privacy policies and security safeguards. In light of the new power to levy significant monetary penalties, boards of directors may want to review their organization’s allocation of risk around these issues.
Kirsten Thompson is Counsel in McCarthy Tétrault’s National Technology Group. Charles Morgan is the national leader of McCarthy Tétrault’s Information Technology Law Group and co-leader of the Firm’s national Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Protection Group. Daniel Glover is a partner in McCarthy Tétrault’s Intellectual Property Group and a member of the Privacy, Technology, Franchise & Distribution, and Appellate Groups. Barry Sookman is an IP Osgoode Advisory Board member and a senior partner with McCarthy Tétrault in the Toronto office. He is the former Co-Chair of the firm’s Technology Law Group and was the head of the firm’s Internet and Electronic Commerce Group.
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