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New Canadian Intellectual Property Law Casebook

New Canadian Intellectual Property Law Casebook

McCarthy Tétrault partners Barry Sookman (IP Osgoode Advisory Board member) and Steven Mason have published a new casebook, Intellectual Property Law in Canada: Cases and Commentary. The authors draw on their extensive expertise in intellectual property to provide law students, law professors, and lawyers with important insights on the diverse laws that protect the types […]

International Treaties and National Legislation – How far can they go to protect local and Indigenous farmers' IP rights?

International Treaties and National Legislation – How far can they go to protect local and Indigenous farmers' IP rights?

Annie Harris is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School and is taking the Patent Law course. Bioprospecting refers to the process of looking for useful plant and animal substances, usually for medicinal purposes. The areas of the world with the greatest biodiversity are also home to the largest populations of indigenous people.