Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Coming to the Trade-Marks Act
Trade-mark law in Canada is poised for transmutation thanks to the 2014 Federal Budget of all things.
June 5, 2014
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Category: IP Reform
The Future of Copyright in a Global Context
This past March, Toronto hosted the 55th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA). This year’s ISA Annual Convention brought together over 5300 scholars,
May 7, 2014
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Improper Motives: Federal Court Safeguards its Process Against “Copyright Trolls”
The Federal Court granted an order compelling an internet service provider (ISP) to divulge the names and addresses of some 2000 account holders implicated in
March 13, 2014
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CJEU ruling in Svensson case: Free linking in a free web?
The re-posting of this analysis is part of a cross-posting collaboration with MediaLaws: Law and Policy of the Media in a Comparative Perspective.
March 6, 2014
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China’s Bitter Medicine for Gilead: SIPO Cancels Viread Patent
Last August, China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) invalidated the core patent for Gilead Sciences‘ flagship drug Viread (as was reported by IPR Daily and a
February 28, 2014
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Transplanting the Canadian UGC Exception to Hong Kong: Part 1
In July 2013, the Hong Kong government conducted a public consultation on the treatment of parody under the copyright regime. Building on two earlier consultations
February 6, 2014
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