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ventureLAB: Go-To Innovation Centre for Up-And-Coming York Region Businesses

ventureLAB: Go-To Innovation Centre for Up-And-Coming York Region Businesses

A new Regional Innovation Centre has been launched to help up-and-coming York Region companies reach the next level of growth.  Called ventureLAB, the centre – which provides services at no-charge to qualified small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – is the go-to point for entrepreneurs looking to build world-class businesses.

Protecting the Public Domain: WIPO Releases Study on Copyright and the Public Domain

Protecting the Public Domain: WIPO Releases Study on Copyright and the Public Domain

Pauline Wong is the Assistant Director of IP Osgoode. The WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) has released a “Scoping Study on Copyright and Related Rights and the Public Domain”, prepared by Professor Séverine Dusollier of the University of Namur, Belgium.  The Study recognizes that many business models now thrive on the public domain, […]

"The Price of Innovation": Report Suggests that the Cost of Drug R&D is Inflated

"The Price of Innovation": Report Suggests that the Cost of Drug R&D is Inflated

Adrienne Ng is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Donald Light and Rebecca Warburton (hereafter LW), in February 2011, published a paper entitled “Demythologizing the high costs of pharmaceutical research”.  The paper suggests that the US$802 million price tag of pharmaceutical innovation estimated in a 2003 report is inflated.  A more sound estimate would be US$43 […]