May 20, 2015
Copyright & Technology Neutrality
A Toronto Intellectual Property Group event. IP Osgoode's Founder & Director, Prof. Giuseppina D'Agostino, will be speaking. Click for details.

May 27, 2015
How Can Canadian Authors Thrive in a Digital World? Authors Alliance and University of Toronto event. Click for details.

IP Research Assistants: Call for Applications
Deadline: May 15, 2015
Prof. D'Agostino and Prof. Vaver are looking for RAs.
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IPilogue: Call for Applications
Positions Available:
Graphic Artist & Illustrator, click for details.
Features Editor, click for details.

IT.CAN Student Writing Competition
Deadline: June 29, 2015

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Canada's IP Writing Challenge
Deadline: July 1, 2015

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Intellectual Property Journal
Call for Submissions

Submissions are welcomed to be considered for inclusion in the Intellectual Property Journal (IPJ). Click for details.

The Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of a New Act of the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration is taking place at WIPO headquarters in Geneva between May 11 and 21, 2015.
The IPIGRAM (12 May 2015)
 
Feature Posts



Announcing New Book: What’s Wrong with Copying?

May 4, 2015 by IP Osgoode

IP Osgoode is pleased to announce the release of a new book entitled “What’s Wrong with Copying?” by Prof. Abraham Drassinower. Reprinted below is the Harvard University Press book flier.
Copyright law, as conventionally understood, serves the public interest by regulating the production and dissemination of works of authorship, though it recognizes that the requirements of the public interest are in tension. Incentives for creation must be provided, but protections granted authors must not prevent the fruits of creativity and knowledge from spreading. Copyright law, therefore, should balance the needs of creators and users—or so the theory goes.



Debunking Common Myths about Copyright Term Extension for Sound Recordings and Performances: Why Longer is Better

April 30, 2015 by George Barker

The Canadian Government announced last week that it is amending the Copyright Act to extend the term of protection for performers and makers of sound recordings from its current 50 years to 70 years. This will bring Canada’s laws more into line with those of more than 60 counties which have protection of 70 years or more.

In the week following the government’s Budget announcement, certain critics of copyright term extension have advanced four criticisms of the proposed reform, claiming there will be:
  1. Heavy costs to consumers in royalty payments
  2. Royalty payments sent out of the country
  3. No additional incentive for creativity
  4. Less creative material entering the public domain.

Dr. George Barker is Director of the Centre for Law and Economics at the Australian National University, and past President of the Australian Law and Economics Association. He was awarded the Olin Fellowship in Law and Economics at Cornell University in 2000, was Visiting Fellow at Oxford University Law School 2008, and is currently a visiting Fellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law London and Centre for Law and Economics and Society, University College London.

Out with the Old, In with the New: DMCA Exemptions Under Review

May 11, 2015 by Anastassia Trifonova
The U.S. Copyright Office is currently in the process of conducting its 6th triennial rulemaking review under 17 U.S.C. § 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). This section allows the Copyright Office to create exemptions to the DMCA’s prohibition against bypassing technological measures that control access to copyright protected works. In each rulemaking proceeding the Register of Copyrights and the Library of Congress review proposed exempted classes de novo, as previous designation creates no presumption that the exemption will be renewed.

Anastassia Trifonova is an IPilogue Editor and a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.
Recent Posts

A Shared Cabin in the Woods? Joss Whedon Hit with $10 Million Dollar Copyright Infringement Lawsuit


May 11, 2015 by Jaimie Franks


In the words of Taylor Swift, Joss Whedon is probably singing: “Are we out of the woods yet?” On April 13th, author Peter Gallagher (no, not the actor known for playing a cool dad on The O.C.) hit Whedon – director and producer of The Avengers and Buffy the Vampire Slayer – with a massive copyright infringement lawsuit seeking $10 million in damages.


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Jaimie Franks is an IPilogue Editor and a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. 

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