by Jessica Hennings | Jul 14, 2020 | Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Featured, Research, Technology Innovation, Trade & Development, Writing
Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19, a global collaborative project on the pandemic. Our contribution to the work examines the role of intellectual property rights, trade law, and domestic research in Canada’s preparedness for this pandemic. We identify issues that hindered Canada’s response and suggest reforms to...
by Jeremy de Beer | Aug 26, 2019 | Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Featured, Writing
How do judges draw lines between different intellectual property laws? Should a single invention be protected by more than one kind of intellectual property right? Answers are in this research examining case law in the United States and Canada on the overlap of patents and plant breeders’ rights. Published...
by Jeremy Baarbe | Aug 26, 2019 | Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Featured, Writing, Writing Featured
In this paper my co-authors Jeremiah Baarbé, Meghan Blom and I propose a ‘data commons’, formed through a licensing model that allows farmers to benefit from the datasets to which they contribute. Loading... Taking too long? Reload document | Open in new tab Download [918.17 KB] Agricultural data is globally...
by Jeremy de Beer | Apr 13, 2017 | Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Featured, Speaking, Speaking Featured, Trade & Development
https://youtu.be/jlb92sEB6X8The Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, is a done deal. Attention is now focussed on implementation, both in Canada and Europe. That doesn’t mean it is too soon to learn from the negotiation process. My testimony to the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade highlighted...
by Jeremy Baarbe | Jun 28, 2016 | Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Featured, Speaking, Speaking Featured
By Jeremy de Beer The intellectual property system is a crucial part of economic policymaking worldwide. It affects matters of profound importance, including health, education, nutrition, culture, science, technology and innovation policy. One might assume, therefore, that the global governance of intellectual property rights rests on a solid foundation of...