| June 28-29, 2016
Toward the Canadian College of Patents and Trademark Agents
A webinar hosted by IPIC on the government’s consultation on the governance framework for patent and trademark agents. Vist the IPIC event website for details.
September 13-14, 2016
ICT Seminar 2016
In New York City. Co-organized by the EPO and the Intellectual Property Owners Association. Visit the EPO event website for details.
September 28-30, 2016
Intellectual Property Institute of Canada Annual Meeting
October 3-4, 2016
International IP Law Association Annual Meeting
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| June 24, 2016
July 1, 2016
Canada’s IP Writing Challenge 2016
The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and IP Osgoode invite submissions from law students, graduate students, and professionals. Click for details.
July 29, 2016
Call for Papers
LAWS: Special Issue “Intellectual Property Law in the New Technological Age: Rising to the Challenge of Change?”. Prof. Carys is the guest editor for this special issue. Visit LAWs website for details.
Ontario A2J Challenge
Successful applicants will have the opportunity to share in $50,000 in seed money. Visit the A2J Challenge website for details.
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| World Industrial Design Day (WIDD) is observed annually on 29 June in recognition of the profession of industrial design. This year’s theme, “Youth in Design”, will not only celebrate the contributions of young industrial designers to the world, but it will also serve as an opportunity to consult with young designers (and those who are young at heart), internationally. WIDD will explore the attitudes, values, and skills that young designers bring to the profession, identify how these can be best nurtured in the industry, and examine how youth can play a pivotal role in social and organizational change.
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| The IPIGRAM (23 June 2016)
Feature Posts
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| Announcing the Winners of the Gowling WLG Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize
IP Osgoode would like to congratulate the winners of the Gowling WLG Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize for 2015-2016. Four prizes in total are awarded each year to Osgoode students and the winning blog posts are featured in the IPilogue. Recipients also receive a $500 award, are announced at Convocation and receive a permanent notation on their official Osgoode transcript.
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Is This What it Sounds Like when Doves Cry: The PRINCE Act and Canadian Privacy Law
June 20, 2016 by Olivia McKenzieThe once proposed PRINCE Act [the Act] has now been set aside after being rushed through the Minnesota state senate. The Act sought to create a new property right in a person’s persona. Canada and the United States both recognize and protect personality rights through similar common law torts. The US appears to also seek codification of such rights while most Canadian jurisdictions continue to rely on the common law. Nonetheless, it is evident that both countries are unequivocal in their recognition and protection of an individual’s right to control, market and profit from the use of aspects of their personality or likeness.
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Olivia McKenzie is an IPilogue Editor and a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.
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| | | Reminder: Canada’s IP Writing Challenge July 1st Deadline! June 15, 2016 by IP Osgoode
The deadline to submit an entry for the 8th annual Canada’s IP Writing Challenge is just two weeks away!
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RECENT POSTS Changes to Ontario’s Health Information Privacy Law Include Breach Notification, Increased Penalties
June 22, 2016 by Julia Johnson
The re-posting of this article is part of a cross-posting agreement with CyberLex.
Notification to affected individuals and regulators will be required in the event of unauthorized use or disclosure of personal health information under amendments to Ontario’s health information legislation.
The Ontario legislature passed Bill 119[1] in May, which amended the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004, c 3, Sched. A (“PHIPA”) and repealed and replaced the Quality of Care Information Protection Act, 2004, SO 2004, c 3. PHIPA governs the collection, use and disclosure of personal health information by health information custodians, such as doctors and hospitals. The Information and Privacy Commissioner for Ontario (“Privacy Commissioner”) oversees PHIPA and had been advocating for amendments to PHIPA to regulate electronic health records (“EHRs”) and the creation of shared provincial electronic health record system.
Read more Julia Johnson is an articling student in McCarthy Tétrault’s Toronto office.
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