For the last few years IP Law has been the main legal intersection to A.I. There were others to be sure, but intellectual property law seemed to be first and foremost field of legal engagement. In the present moment, privacy, labour, environmental, political, ant-trust and even existential concerns are gathering significant momentum, focus and overwhelming […]

Baseball has become one of the most data-rich sports on the planet. Over the last decade, the amount of publicly available player data has exploded, and, in my opinion, that’s a big part of why the sport has grown the way it has. Fans aren’t just watching games anymore, they’re analysing spin rates, launch angles, […]

In my free time, I enjoy experimenting with video game development, and a large part of making a video game is collecting different assets to be used as the base components. Assets include music, models, textures, animations, sound effects, and artwork. These are all integral, and copyright protected, components of what makes a video game […]

By Robyn Burke Mellon Introduction: In recent years, plant-based diets have moved from the margins of consumer behaviour into the mainstream. People have begun to try vegetarianism and veganism or at the very least begun to make conscious efforts to reduce meat consumption in response to growing concerns about health and the environment, reshaping global […]

Since we are both avid motorsports fans, we thought the class discussions regarding Formula 1 (“F1”) and patent laws to be particularly interesting, especially given the current state of the sport and the new 2026 regulations. As we learned throughout this course, Canadian patent law is built on a social bargain between the inventor and the […]

A growing trend has emerged among athletes to utilize intellectual property law to protect personal brands that can be used for commercial purposes. For example, Chelsea Football Club midfielder, Cole Palmer, successfully trademarked ‘Cold Palmer’ and his signature celebration where he crosses his arms over his chest and mimics shivering.[1] Palmer now has rights controlling […]

The answer would be, well, many countries! One would not be wrong, though, to respond with “Canada” or “Singapore”. As an exchange student from Singapore, I thought it would be interesting to compare different aspects of both jurisdictions’ intellectual property law. Both countries are common law jurisdictions with their own statutes and case law. In […]

ISSUES IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (The Birkin Bag Case-study) The high-end fashion luxury house Hermès is known globally to people from different walks of life. The brand is notoriously known for its exclusivity. Specifically for one of its models, the Birkin, often associated with the culture of being unreachable and with long waitlists, is often […]

In deciding what to write about, I was initially inspired by a TikTok video that explained how someone created an AI influencer and earned brand deals through that entirely artificial persona. The idea was funny at first, but it also raised a more serious question – specifically, what happens when the “persona” being monetized is […]