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Professors Jane Bailey and Valerie Steeves, and Professor Teresa Scassa are co-principal investigators on two Partnership Development Grants of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

Professor Jennifer Chandler has been awarded a 2-year research grant by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for her project entitled "Fixing Memory: The Ethics of Detecting, Suppressing and Enhancing Memory."

Professor Michael Geist has been named one of the 50 most influential people in Intellectual Property by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine.

Professor Jane Bailey is a Co-Investigator on a $2.5 million SSHRC Major Collaborative Research Initiative (MCRI) grant for a project entitled “Repenser le droit processuel : vers une cyberjustice” (“Rethinking Procedural Law: Towards a Cyberjustice”).

Professor Jeremy de Beer is the co-principal investigator, with Tobias Schonwetter, on a new research project on intellectual property and open development in Africa, called the “Open AIR project.” Chidi Oguamanam is also deeply involved in the project as a researcher and member of the steering committee.

Professor Ian Kerr presented “In Machines We Trust? Cloud computing, ambient intelligence and robotics” on April 6, 2011 at the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Philosophy and supported by Microsoft Research Cambridge.

On March 7, 2011 Professor Teresa Scassa gave a talk at the College of Law, University of Saskatchewan, as part of their Guest Speakers Program.

On March 31, 2011 the Centre for Law Technology and Society will host "New Directions in Canadian IP Law and Policy" an event to launch the books “Canadian Trademark Law” by Professor Teresa Scassa, and “Intellectual Property: The Law in Canada, 2nd Ed.” by Professors Daniel Gervais and Elizabeth Judge.The event will take place at 4:00 p.m. in the Desm...

Professor Ian Kerr recently authored an article for the Ottawa Citizen and visited CBC Radio’s Ontario Today to discuss the significance of IBM’s Jeopardy!-playing supercomputer, Watson.

Coming to Terms with Chance: Exploring Policy Options and AlternativesSpeaker: Oscar GandyThursday, February 25, 2010, 4:30pmGowlings Moot Court Room (FTX 147A)The Deirdre G. Martin Memorial Lecture was established thanks to the generosity of her colleagues at the Insurance Bureau of Canada’s Legal Division.Ms. Martin (’78) passed away on June 21, 2006...