Trade, IP, and Innovation: Lessons from COVID-19

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...

Who Has Jurisdiction Over Intellectual Property Law and Policy in Canada’s Federal System?

This program of research investigated the connections among issues of intellectual property and federalism, including jurisdiction and legislative authority. provincial flags, by anji barton, on Flickr. Canada’s Constitution empowers the federal government to make laws regarding copyrights, patents and, to some extent, trade-marks and other intellectual property rights. Those federal...