The government released a discussion paper on options for reform to the Copyright Board. Interested stakeholders are invited to share their views on the paper by emailing CBconsultations@canada.ca by September 29, 2017. Responses will be posted publicly thereafter. Read more
Welcome to IP News This Month. Here’s your 5-minute guide to all things intellectual property, culled from news reports from around the world. Tips or comments? Send them direct to jeffjohnroberts AT gmail.com. Thanks for reading! – Jeff Top 3 Stories Canada imposes IP Law on the World: In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court upheld a worldwide injunction that obliges Google to remove […] Read more
On June 22, as part of their Innovation in Context series, the Center for International Governance Innovation published a talk featuring CIGI Senior Fellow Richard Gold. “Technology is not sufficient for innovation” says Gold. To learn more about “why people are what is integral to true innovation and how we can foster and better leverage […] Read more
Welcome to IP News This Month. Here’s your 5-minute guide to all things intellectual property, culled from news reports from around the world. Tips or comments? Send them direct to jeffjohnroberts AT gmail.com. Thanks for reading! – Jeff Top 3 Stories SCOTUS pulls plug on patent troll playground: the top U.S. court concluded venue rules mean patent plaintiffs can’t sue in a forum of their […] Read more
The book launch of La Transformation du cidre au Québec – Perspective écosystémique took place on March 3, 2017, at the Tourism office of Montérégie. The book is a collective work providing a multidisciplinary study of cider in Québec divided into sixteen chapters grouped into six thematic sections: (1) history, actors, and trends; (2) the […] Read more
It is official, Professor Moyse was reappointed as director of the Center for Intellectual Property Policy for another three-year term. Dean Robert Leckey said it best: « Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse a apporté une énergie contagieuse à ses fonctions et je suis ravi qu’il y reste afin de recueillir les fruits des initiatives lancées pendant son premier mandat. Longue […] Read more
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Université d'Ottawa - Faculté de droit
Nouveaux paradigmes dans la protection des inventions, données et signes : perspectives changeantes du rôle de la propriété intellectuelle Prof. Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse, présentateur « Entre droit et géographie: la loi québécoise sur les termes valorisants » La relation entre droit et géographie, déjà étudiée par Montesquieu, prend un relief particulier dans le droit des indications […] Read more
Congratulations to CIPP member Allison Christians who has just been reappointed as H. Heward Stikeman Chair in Tax Law at McGill for a seven-year term! Dean Robert Leckey commented on her reappointment: “Since joining us, Allison has made a serious mark as Stikeman Chair – as a scholar, as a teacher, and as a public […] Read more
Colloque et activité grand public ACFAS 2017! L’avenir des communautés locales: Municipalité créatrices d’innovations techniques et sociales Mardi le 9 mai 2017 13h30-19h00 Edifice Trottier Université McGill Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/events/1832984367025165/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%22106%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D) CRIEM (https://www.mcgill.ca/centre-montreal/fr/accueil). Read more
We are excited to share news of another new publication: La transformation du cidre au Québec Les Presses de l’Université du Québec Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse, collaborator Read more