Welcome to the “it’s-too-damn-hot” aka July edition of IP News This Month. As always, here’s your 5-minute guide to the latest in IP, culled from news reports around the world. Tips or comments? Send ’em to jeffjohnroberts at gmail.com Thanks for reading! Top 3 Stories Queen v. The Donald: Trump’s chaotic campaign is under fire from the famous UK band for using “We are the Champions” […] Read more
Welcome to the June edition of IP News This Month. Here’s your 5-minute guide to the latest goings-on in IP, culled from news reports around the world. Thanks for reading! – Jeff Top 3 Stories Tay-tay vs the DMCA: Swift, other A-list musicians launch attack on YouTube, urge Congress to rewrite safe harbor laws for tougher copyright liability […] Read more
Read the CIPP’s new report Digital Patrimony: Facebook, Bitcoin, and a Good Death. A fascinating compilation of research produced by McGill students between 2014 and 2016. Read more
During the Fall 2015 semester, Professor Moyse and the Senior Advisor for the Marketplace Framework Policy Branch of Industry Canada, Jean-Arpad Français, convened the Research Seminar: Intellectual Property Policy in the Making. This course stemmed from collaboration between Industry Canada and the McGill Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and was conceived as a way for McGill students to become involved in […] Read more
On June 6, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Canadian Minister of International Trade, convened a Town Hall of public consultations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership at Concordia University. Professors Moyse and Gold of McGill’s CIPP were involved in the event. Brief remarks were given by the Minister and an invited panel of three guests including Professor Gold, but […] Read more
At the May 16 Board of Governors meeting, Richard Gold was appointed to McGill Intellectual Property Appeals Committee. Read more about the committee here. Read more
On May 24, Prof. Moyse spoke at the WIPO Advanced Intellectual Property Research Forum in Geneva and presented the research and findings of the CIPP/Stikeman Chair in Tax Law research project: Regulating Creative Industries (co-investigators: Moyse/Christians). His presentation triggered lively debate about the role of IP and the impact of non-compete clauses on innovation. Read more
May 27, 2016 • 2:30
Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel, Toronto
Sarah E. Ali-Khan will be speaking at the Canadian Bioethics Society Conference presenting research on the patenting of human genes in Canada. Read more
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Previously at the CIPP and Stikeman Chair in Tax Law… This has been an outstanding year for the CIPP so far. In January, the CIPP and CIGI organized a conference on the influence of the TPP on IP rights and foreign investment; last month, Professor E. Richard Gold’s team successfully stopped gene patents from limiting […] Read more