February 26-27, 2018
2018 Designs Conference: The Power of Design
International Trademark Association event taking place in London, UK.  Visit the event website for more information.
February 28, 2018
Judging AI: Ethics and Accountability for Legal Algorithms
Hosted by the Office of the Head of McLaughlin College and York Collegium for Practical Ethics, featuring Bob Tarantino, visit the event website for more details.
February 28, 2018
The Dark Web: What IP Owners Need to Know
IPIC webinar, click here for more information.
March 1, 2018
Understanding Blockchains
A Toronto Intellectual Property Group event, click here for more details.
March 6, 2018
Can Copyright Compete with Free?
Hosted by Bereskin & Parr LLP and IP Osgoode, featuring Prof. Paul Goldstein, click here for more details.

Call for Applications
IPilogue Summer Volunteer Opportunities
EXTENDED DEADLINE: March 2, 2018
IP Osgoode is seeking Canadian and international law students interested in writing about IP and related areas.  To apply for the IPilogue Editor position, click here for the application process.
Proposed Changes to the Trademarks Regulations
Consultation deadline: March 11, 2018
The changes, among other things, implement the Singapore Treaty, the Madrid Protocol and the Nice Agreement.


The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has launched eight new tools to inform Canadian businesses about doing business abroad with their intellectual property (IP), and help them demystify the application process for patents, trademarks and industrial designs. These products support three of the five pillars of CIPO’s Five-Year Business Strategy to advance innovation, build IP awareness and education, and offer a modern service experience. They can be found on CIPO’s IP Toolbox page. 
The IPIGRAM (22 February 2018)
FEATURE POST

Announcing the 10th Annual Canada's IP Writing Challenge
February 13, 2018 by IP Osgoode
The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and IP Osgoode are delighted to announce our 2018 Canadian writing challenge in intellectual property law.
RECENT POSTS

Panelists Share Thoughts on Users' Rights in the Fields of Patents, Trademarks and Copyright
February 22, 2018 by Stephen Cooley
On Monday November 20th, 2017 scholars, students, practitioners and IP enthusiasts alike gathered at Osgoode Hall Law School for a symposium in honour of Prof. David Vaver’s appointment to the Order of Canada. The symposium – “Intellectual Property: Fuel for the Fire of Genius or Shelf Life of a Banana” – highlighted four themes of Prof. Vaver’s IP scholarship, including: redundancy in the IP system, legislation and reform, users’ rights, and the importance of history. Proceeding a luncheon keynote speech by the Honourable Mr. Marshall Rothstein CC, QC, three panelists from diverse backgrounds came together to discuss the impact of Prof. Vaver’s scholarship on users’ rights. Prof. Wendy Gordon of the Boston University School of Law; Daniel Bereskin, QC, the founding partner of Bereskin & Parr; and Prof. Shamnad Basheer a visiting professor from the National Law School, Bangalore; alongside session chair and Osgoode professor Saptarishi Bandopadhyay shared their thoughts on the impact of Prof. Vaver’s work in the areas of patents, trademarks and copyrights. Each panelist echoed Prof. Vaver’s emphasis on balancing the rights of various stakeholders, while each also took a moment to highlight how users’ rights are engaged in different areas of IP law.

Stephen Cooley is an IPilogue Editor and a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

Overlap and Redundancy in the IP System: Is it indeed ‘too much of the same’?
February 22, 2018 by Yonida Koukio
As a lawyer, I perceived overlapping legal rights to be a reasonable attempt of the legislators to cover the numerous nuances of the empirical reality. However, prior to my attendance at IP Osgoode’s symposium entitled, Intellectual Property: Fuel for the Fire of Genius or Shelf Life of a Banana?, which honoured Prof. David Vaver’s  Order of Canada appointment, I had never considered ‘redundancy’ in this aspect. The first panel of the symposium examined overlap and redundancy in the intellectual property (IP) law system, which is one of Prof. Vaver’s key research contributions in the field of IP law. The panel featured the Honourable Roger T. Hughes, QCProf. Graeme Dinwoodie, and Prof.  Jeremy de Beer, and in an attempt to answer the question of whether IP rights was ‘too much of the same’, the panelists offered their perspectives on some of the different aspects of overlapping IP rights under patent law, the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act [1], trademarks law, and unfair competition.
Yonida Koukio is an IPilogue Editor and a LL.M. Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.  She holds LL.B. and LL.M. degrees from Democritus University of Thrace, Greece, and is a member of the Athens Bar Association since 2014. As a lawyer, Yonida practiced in the areas of health law and civil litigation. Currently, Yonida’s further interests extend to privacy and technological innovation. She is also the co-founder of LAWCALS, the first L2L platform in Greece, which connects lawyers and simplifies the delegation of legal tasks among them.

Osgoode Conference Focuses on Vision for Future of AI Governance in Canada
January 31, 2018 by IP Osgoode
The growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) raises complex ethical and legal concerns that will be examined in “Bracing for Impact: The Artificial Intelligence Challenge,” a one-day international conference on Friday, Feb. 2, organized by IP Osgoode, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University’s intellectual property law and technology program.
The conference, which takes place at the Law Society of Ontario, Donald Lamont Centre, 130 Queen St. W., Toronto, from 8:45am to 4:45pm, will feature a group of internationally renowned AI experts who will discuss some of the fundamental questions that arise when machines start to think for themselves.

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