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DESCRIPTION:The Centre for Intellectual Property Policy welcomes Professor 
 Michael Geist\, holder of the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Comm
 erce Law at the University of Ottawa.  Abstract  Copyright cases typically
  only reach the Supreme Court of Canada once every few years\, ensuring th
 at each case is carefully parsed and analyzed. On July 12\, 2012\, the Cou
 rt issued rulings on five copyright cases in a single day\, an unprecedent
 ed tally that shook the very foundations of copyright law in Canada. In fa
 ct\, with the decisions coming just weeks after the Canadian government pa
 ssed long-awaited copyright reform legislation\, Canadian copyright law ex
 perienced a seismic shift that will take years to sort out.  This talk wil
 l examine the decade-long process of copyright reform and litigation that 
 led to the two weeks that changed copyright for the foreseeable future.  A
 bout the speaker  Michael Geist is a law professor at the University of Ot
 tawa where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce L
 aw. He has obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from Osgoode Hall La
 w School in Toronto\, Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees from Cambridge Univer
 sity in the UK and Columbia Law School in New York\, and a Doctorate in La
 w (J.S.D.) from Columbia Law School.   Prof. Geist is an internationally s
 yndicated columnist on technology law issues with his regular column appea
 ring in the Toronto Star and the Ottawa Citizen.  He is the editor of From
  'Radical Extremism' to 'Balanced Copyright': Canadian Copyright and the D
 igital Agenda (2010) and In the Public Interest:  The Future of Canadian C
 opyright Law (2005)\, both published by Irwin Law\, the editor of several 
 monthly technology law publications. He blogs on Internet and intellectual
  property law issues at www.michaelgeist.ca and can also be followed on tw
 itter at @mgeist‎.  About the conference  The event is accredited for 1.5 
 hours of continuing legal education (CLE) by the Quebec Bar (activity no. 
 10074724).  The talk is free and open to the public\, but lawyers who wish
  to receive their CLE credits are asked sign up at the entrance and pay a 
 $40 fee. Payment is cash or by cheque. We regret that we cannot accept cre
 dit cards.  Kindly RSVP regarding the conference: david.groves [at] mail.m
 cgill.ca
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LOCATION:Maxwell Cohen Moot Court (NCDH 100)\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, Q
 C\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel
SUMMARY:The Two Weeks that Changed Canadian Copyright… And What Comes Next
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