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Heather Cameron*On November 30, 2015 experts in trade and technology met at University of Ottawa to discuss the impact of technology provisions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a 6000 page agreement between 12 countries negotiated with the goal of developing a 21st century trade regime. Speakers included Burcu Kilic (Legal and Policy Director,&n...

Monday, November 30th, 11:30am-1pmRoom FTX 361, Fauteux HallUniversity of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, 57 Louis-Pasteur StreetSpeakers:Jeremy de Beer Professor, University of Ottawa Faculty of LawMichael Geist Professor and Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law, University of Ottawa Faculty of LawTamir Israel Staff Lawyer, Samuelson-Glushko C...

Chelsey Colbert-Pollard Panel Discussion on November 5, 2015 at uOttawa Faculty of Law

One of the joys of copyright law is its tendency to produce unexpected and controversial decisions. Blacklock’s Reporter v Canadian Vintners Association, an October 16, 2015, judgement from Ontario Small Claims Court, qualifies on both counts.

On November 5, 2015, The Centre for Law, Technology and Society held a panel that provided an overview of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, its principle concerns, and recent developments at the UN, including Canada’s role and possible implications of the recent federal election in Canada.

Michael Geist*The official release of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), a global trade agreement between 12 countries including Canada, the United States, and Japan, has generated considerable confusion over where the Trudeau government stands on the deal. The TPP was concluded several weeks before the October election and the Liberals wer...

Monday, November 30th, 11:30am-1pmRoom FTX 361, Fauteux HallUniversity of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, 57 Louis-Pasteur StreetSpeakers:Jeremy de BeerProfessor, University of Ottawa Faculty of LawMichael GeistProfessor and Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law, University of Ottawa Faculty of LawTamir IsraelStaff Lawyer, Samuelson-Glushko Cana...

On Sunday, November 22, 2015 at 2:00 p.m., Professor Teresa Scassa will be the featured guest on CBC Radio’s Spark with Nora Young, discussing Smart Cities. Tune in to learn more about the implications for intellectual property, privacy, and transparency of Smart Cities in what promises to be a fascinating program.

Jennifer Chandler*Psychosurgery has a bad name for a good reason.  It is often associated with the mid-20th century prefrontal leucotomy (or lobotomy).  This procedure garnered its inventor, Egon Moniz, the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1949, and it went on to be applied to thousands of people around the world.  In its heyday, the best kno...

As the law stands today, an international treaty can’t give the federal government power to change the constitutional division of powers.