2015
IP News this month
IP News October 2015
Jeff Roberts October 1, 2015
Top 3 Stories The CIPP’s very own Prof Lametti is now a Member of Parliament! Canadians can expect him to use his formidable copyright chops to address issues like term limits and fair dealing, and help the new government shape a digital agenda More » Wikileaks released a final draft of the TPP treaty, and not everyone […] Read more
Think Ahead
Caught in the Web (Pensée d’avance | Think Ahead series)
Price: $30 Join us for the second talk of Faculty of Law’s popular continuing legal education series. The information society has turned into a supranational knowledge society and digital economy. No discipline can claim a monopoly on regulating its unbridled development. Can law still play its fundamental role of protection of individuals? • Me Éloïse Gratton (Borden […] Read more
Presentations and papers
Recap: IP Masterclass with Professor Richard Gold
On September 1st the CIPP started the 2015-2016 academic year early, with a masterclass offered by Professor Richard Gold on patent law and policy just before registration. This masterclass, open to all new undergraduate students, attracted so much interest that registrations had to be capped. The Masterclass offered incoming students with a glimpse of the […] Read more
IP News this month
IP News September 2015
Jeff Roberts September 1, 2015
Top 3 Stories Happy Birthday to all of us: the world’s most popular song is finally free after a U.S. court ruled that a studio’s claim to the century-old work is invalid More » Fair use can go crazy (sort of) after the 9th Circuit sided with a mom who posted her baby dancing to Prince’s “Let’s […] Read more
Events
Nice work if you can get it, and you can get it if you (go to) tr(ial): James Newton v. The Beastie Boys
Speaker: Eric Lewis (Département de Philosophie de McGill) Read more
Events
Seeds of Change, Intellectual Property Protection for Agricultural Biotechnology
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and their relationship to intellectual property (IP) rights raise a variety of issues for a variety of professionals in widely diverse fields. For the crop scientist, a GMO represents the product of harnessing and exploiting knowledge about molecular genetics; for the seed producer, it is the basis for competitive advantage in […] Read more
Events
Atelier CIPP – Le transfert de technologies au Canada
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Events
Biotechnologie agricole et propriété intellectuelle : un nouvel encadrement
L’objectif de cet atelier est d’articuler et de prioriser les difficultés soulevées par les droits de propriété intellectuelle en matière de biotechnologie agricole. Parmi les invités figurent des décideurs politiques américains, canadiens et européens ainsi que des universitaires de renommée internationale, des représentants d’ONG et de l’industrie. Un rapport résumant les discussions et conclusions de […] Read more
Events
The Case against Copyright: a Comparative Institutional Analysis of Intellectual Property Regimes
Speaker: Scott Kieff (Washington University in St. Louis School of Law) Read more
Events
Biotechnologie agricole et propriété intellectuelle : un nouvel encadrement
L’objectif de cet atelier est d’articuler et de prioriser les difficultés soulevées par les droits de propriété intellectuelle en matière de biotechnologie médicale. Parmi les invités figurent des décideurs politiques européens, canadiens, américains et issus de pays en développement. Seront en outre conviés plusieurs universitaires de renommée internationale, des représentants d’ONG et de l’industrie. Un […] Read more