by Jeremy de Beer | Feb 17, 2021 | Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Featured, Technology Innovation, Writing
How do consumer contracts deal with copyright and data on the Internet of Things? That’s the question Jules BĂ©langer, Mohit Sethi, and I addressed in a report prepared for the Government of Canada. The growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to generate a number of...
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 de Beer | Jun 19, 2017 | IP Advocacy, Teaching Archives
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to make intellectual property policy? Here’s your chance to experience law reform in action. A tiny group of selected students will participate in a moot unlike any other. Rather than preparing a factum, we’ll teach you the art of a different sort...
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 de Beer | Sep 29, 2016 | Intellectual Property Featured, Speaking
The futures of intellectual property is a topic I’ve done a fair bit of thinking about. Some of my publications are summarized and linked at the bottom of this post. I have also been speaking about IP futures more often lately. For example, at the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada’s...