Hi everyone! I wanted to share an interesting article on whether someone’s face could be a trademark. Specifically, I was intrigued by the issue of whether there is trademark for figurative signs representing how historical figures might have looked like. When I watch TV shows or movies situated in an era far back in time, […]

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Hey everyone! I’m really looking forward to how this class will help me crack the confusing code that is the music industry.  9 months ago, I remember seeing an article about how Ed Sheeran “pre-emptively suing Sami Chokri and Ross O’Donoghue in 2018” asking the court to declare that he (with his song Shape of […]

Hey everyone!   I just came across this article which reminded of something interesting that I saw while walking to the bus stop the other day. If you’ve passed between Vine St. and Yew St. on 4th Ave lately, you’ve probably seen a bunch of trees lined up in an elaborate marketing campaign for the […]

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Hey Everyone! This is something interesting that has unfolded over the past week or so, and is consequential for anyone interested in D&D or Tabletop in general. An article by CNBC explains how Wizards of the Coast (the owners of the D&D franchise) have walked back their plans to update the OGL (Open Game License): […]

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Welcome to a new semester of IP Law at Allard. Very much looking forward to learning with all of you. Because there is seemingly so much going on in the IP world every-day, it is pretty safe to predict that there will be a few interesting events that intercede during our semester together. What will  […]

You were an amazing group to share the classroom with. A truly resilient group that overcame the vicissitudes of a semester which had far too few Mondays 😉 You were a group that on the whole wrote terrific exams that showed how engaged you were with the materials. Perhaps, most of all, you were so […]

Hi everyone! I came across an interesting article the other day about the use of AI-generated art for promotional purposes. The article (https://sfstandard.com/arts-culture/people-are-not-happy-that-the-sf-ballet-used-ai-generated-art-to-promote-the-nutcracker/) describes how the promotional material for The Nutcracker caused an uproar among the public solely due to the fact that the illustration used was an AI-generated art. I was aware that many […]

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/apple-secures-patent-win-alivecor-heart-monitoring-tech-case I saw this article recently and found it very interesting. Apple recently won a decision against AliveCor in a long-running dispute regarding wearable heart monitoring technology. It seems AliveCor attempted to sue Apple for violating their patent regarding an ECG add-on they had developed for the Apple Watch – the ECG functionality was soon […]

Hi everyone, On my bus ride to school this morning, I read a pretty cool news article published by CBC about ugly Christmas sweaters! I thought it was a timeless tradition, but apparently it actually began in 2002 at a Coquitlam house party. More directly relevant to our course is the fact that Birch and […]

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