On the 4th of November, Drake and 21 Savage released a collaborative hip-hop album called “Her Loss”.[1] Before the release of this album, both rappers engaged in a satirical promotion of their album. These promotional spoofs included the following: The circulation of a purported interview with American Radio Personality, Howard Stern The promotion of a […]

Slides & video below… Jon

I hand-embroidered a design that lays out the elements of copyright, with main authorities and a few little icons. Each element has a checkbox, a few key words, and is in a different colour. Please see picture below! Residency Requirement:   Authorities: S 5, Copyright Act (RSC, 1985, c.C-42) [CA]: Subject to this Act, copyright […]

Slides & video below… Jon

Slides and video below. Again you will have a choice between both the original Zoom video and the in-class version of that video… Jon

(image sourced from: https://open.spotify.com/track/4i5hLY7mNIp70YhZveeItm)   Hello IP Law Class! I thought I would use this post to contextualize our discussion earlier on in the course regarding the connector model. The intersection between creativity and copyright is something I’m incredibly interested in, especially with respect to music sampling. Hip-hop/rap is one of my favourite genres and […]

Slides & two flavours of video (first being Zoom, second being classroom view) below…Please note that the slides don’t show up in the classroom view video till about 42 minutes in… Jon

Slides & video below… Jon

Slides & video below… Jon

Policy Considerations Underlying Initial Interest Confusion Hello everyone, Attached above is my term paper on policy considerations underlying initial interest confusion for anyone who is interested.  

Hi everyone! I want to elaborate more on the grant of copyright protection to an AI-generated work in the light of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office’s (“CIPO”) decision we mentioned during our classes. The registered work is Suryast painting below. Photo Credits: Sukanya Sarkar (ManagingIP.com)   The co-authors identified are Raghav Artificial Intelligence Painting App […]