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November 18, 2016
Copyright and the Charter of Rights for the Internet
ALAI Canada event, visit the ALAI events website for more details.
November 21, 2016
The Constant of Change in IP Law
IP Osgoode Speaks Series featuring The Honourable Marshall Rothstein QC, click here for the event poster.
November 23, 2016
Genome Engineering and Its Applications Including Legal and Ethical Issues
Featuring Dr. Ronald E. Pearlman, 12:00 to 2:00 PM, Room 1005, Osgoode Hall Law School. Click here for event poster. November 25, 2016
The Discursive Structure of Patent Law
IP Osgoode Speaks Series featuring Prof. Dan L. Burk, click here for the event poster.
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| Bill C-30 introduced to implement the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Europe. November 15, 2016
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Call for Papers
LAWS: Special Issue “Intellectual Property Law in the New Technological Age: Rising to the Challenge of Change?”. Prof. Carys Craig is the guest editor for this special issue. Visit LAWs website for details.
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| The Canadian Intellectual Property Office releases its first intellectual property (IP) Canada report (IP Canada Report 2016). The report explores the use of the intellectual property (IP) system in Canada, and the use of the global IP system by Canadians. As well, the report looks at patenting in climate change mitigation technologies, an important component in addressing this global challenge. This report relies both on CIPO’s own internal data and on data from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which collects data from around the world.
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| The IPIGRAM (14 November 2016)
Feature Posts
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| No Laughing Matter: Copyright Protection for Jokes
Some people just can’t take a joke. Other people have taken jokes, and it has landed them in court. Two recent American copyright cases offer an opportunity to look at the difficulties of protecting comedy routines with copyright.
Jacquilynne Schlesier is an IPilogue Editor and a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Jacquilynne is currently enrolled in Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law Intensive Program. As part of the program requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice.
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Fair Dealing: What Can Be (Fairly) Criticized?
“A picture is worth a thousand words.” That remark might be trite, especially in the era of selfies and Instagram, but a book is more than just words and a photograph is more than just ink– the sum of those parts will have meaning or will depict something beyond any constituent elements. When such a work is protected by copyright, navigating how to deal fairly with it is particularly challenging. In the case of criticism or review,[1] what can be criticized or reviewed? Can you merely copy a work in order to criticize the work itself, as in traditional literary criticism, or can you sometimes copy a work to criticize or review its subject, as when using a photo (even one from a photojournalist) for a news story? If copyright existed in the Bible, could you use extracts from it to criticize Christianity or Judaism?[2] Lord Denning would say yes, but in Canada, there is no clear answer. Nevertheless, the large and liberal interpretation given to users’ rights in this country,[3] considered in conjunction with jurisprudence from the U.K. and U.S., suggests that yes, fair dealing can extend to the subject of a work.
Sebastian Beck-Watt is Senior Editor of the IPilogue and a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Sebastian is currently enrolled in Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law Intensive Program. As part of the program requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice.
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Infringement City Blues (Make Ed Sheeran Wanna Holler)
Jordan Fine is Senior Editor of the IPilogue and Intellectual Property Journal and a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Jordan is enrolled in Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law Intensive Program. As part of the program requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice.
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| RECENT POSTS DU Photocopy Case: Fair Dealing or Raw Dealing?
Prasang Shukla is an IPilogue Editor and an International Business Law LL.M. candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.
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