On Suspending SOPA and Piping PIPA Down
If the past month is any indication at all, 2012 is going to be an eventful year for intellectual property legislation, at least in the
February 12, 2012
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Category: Infringement
Appropriation Art: Transformative or Infringing?
Modern concepts of art and creativity pose a challenge for traditional notions of copyright law. Last March, the United States District Court for the Southern
February 10, 2012
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Copyright or Kopimism?
After a little over a year and two failed attempts, the Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency of Sweden (Kammarkollegiat) finally officially approved an application
February 2, 2012
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Kerwhizz v. The Bounce Bunch: The Ongoing Confusion With Subconscious Copying
The complicated position that subconscious copying occupies when establishing reproduction and infringement in copyright law was recently highlighted in a key decision by the Patents
February 1, 2012
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Developing: Megaupload Take Down and Attacks by Anonymous
Ben Farrow is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. It was a big day in the copyright enforcement world today as US federal
January 19, 2012
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Kettle Of Fish: The Concept Of Originality In Protecting Photographic Works
Andrew Baker is a LLB/BCL candidate at McGill University Faculty of Law. A decision of the Cour de Cassation de la France has led
January 16, 2012
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