Intellectual Property and Innovation: My Testimony to Parliament
The Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology integrated several of my recommendations…
Entrepreneurship and Open Innovation: Models for Future Success in North Africa
How can companies, governments, and not-for-profits, and other organizations benefit from open innovation systems? What lessons can African innovators learn from the experiences of entrepreneurs, or public policy makers, in the developed world? Maybe more importantly, what can Egyptian and other North African entrepreneurs teach the world about leveraging access to knowledge to empower communities of innovators […]
Intellectual Property Issues in CETA: The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
Key intellectual property issues being negotiated in the Canada-EU CETA may be hard to implement, given the constitutional law governing Canada’s federal system. In “Implementing International Trade Agreements in Federal Systems” I explain why. This article examines the negotiations towards a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union (EU) as […]
What Innovation? Big Thinking on Progress and Measurement
There’s so much buzz about innovation and science and technology and productivity. But, what do we really mean by these terms? What does progress look like? How will we know when we’re doing better? How can we best promote innovation, which by definition is rarely predictable and often disruptive? On January 31, 2012, I delivered […]
Adapting to the Challenges of Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology
Biotechnology regulation is a controversial and complex issue. My research helps to solve practical challenges like building the policy consensus and public acceptance required to promote agricultural biotechnology as a solution to problems like food security, rural economic development, and science and technology innovation. One of my many public lectures about regulating biotechnology was a keynote presentation […]
L’accès au savoir en Afrique : Le rôle du droit d’auteur
Ce livre, L’accès au savoir en Afrique : Le rôle du droit d’auteur, permet de mieux saisir les enjeux juridiques et pratiques que posent les droits d’auteur pour l’accès au matériel didactique en Afrique et cerne les leçons apprises, les politiques et les pratiques susceptibles d’améliorer cet accès. L’émergence d’Internet et de l’univers numérique a […]
How Intellectual Property Jurisdiction Impacts Biomedical Innovation for Better Health
The future of health care is being shaped by biotechnology. New technologies are providing patients with earlier diagnoses and superior treatment options. At the same time, developers of these technologies are seeking ways to maximize financial and strategic returns on their investments, and intellectual property is a primary vehicle for doing so. Intellectual property is, […]
Who Has Jurisdiction Over Intellectual Property Law and Policy in Canada’s Federal System?
In 2009, SSHRC granted me more than $65,000 over 3 years to support groundbreaking research on intellectual property and Canadian federalism.
Courts Play a Key Role in Regulation and Governance of Agricultural Innovation
Our courts, through litigation, can shape the regulation and governance of agricultural innovation, especially biotechnologies. As part of the University of Saskatchewan College of Law‘s Guest Speaker Program, I presented some of my new research: “Judging Biotech: How the Courts Control Our Crops,” explores how agricultural biotechnologies policy can be affected by litigation. Judging Biotech: How Courts […]
Network Governance of Biofuels: Can Policymakers Coordinate Multi-level Regulation?
“Network Governance of Biofuels” promotes a regulation and governance framework for biofuels that, while not necessarily simpler, let alone harmonized, is more coordinated and better rationalized. The analysis in this working paper is presented in two major sections, following a more detailed discussion in this introduction of key policy objectives for biofuels. First is an overview […]
