Supreme Court Copyright Decisions Will Grow the Market for Digital Content
Five landmark decisions released by the Supreme Court of Canada will streamline copyright licensing and help to grow the online market for digital content protected by copyright. That is my argument in this editorial published in the Financial Post. As well as my editorial, my comments on the case were reported widely in the media. […]
A Property Law Reader
Studying property law for the first time? Here’s Canada’s most widely used casebook on the subject, including cases, questions and commentary on a range of fundamental and cutting-edge property law issues.
Intellectual Property and Innovation: My Testimony to Parliament
The Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology integrated several of my recommendations…
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 […]
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 […]
La Commission du droit d’auteur: L’histoire juridique
“La Commission du Droit d’Auteur du Canada: vingt années à « faire » l’histoire juridique,” (2010) Vol. 22, nº 3 Les Cahiers de propriété intellectuelle 593-627, est la traduction française de mon article, “Twenty Years of Legal History (Making) at the Copyright Board of Canada.” Le présent article pose principalement comme thèse que la Commission du […]
