Andrew Masson is an IPilogue Writer and 2L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. A business’ success is strongly tied to the ability to protect Intellectual Property. However, the USA…
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Compulsory Licensing: A Potential Tool to Increase Vaccine Supply in Canada?
Since the beginning of the pandemic, efforts have been focused on developing a vaccine capable of providing immunity against SARS-CoV-2. With multiple vaccine candidates now demonstrating exceptionally high efficacy against…
TRIPS: A Barrier to Covid-19 Vaccine Access?
With international efforts to administer the Covid-19 vaccinations underway, a glaring disparity in the vaccine distribution has emerged. High-income countries, composing about 16% of the world’s population, have purchased approximately…
Bringing Biologics in from the Cold: Does Canada’s IP Regime Need a Booster?
As ratification stutters for the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the much-maligned free-trade deal between Canada and the European Union, debate continues as to whether the Canadian intellectual property…
The View Ahead for Software Patent Applications: USPTO Releases Update to Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility
This article is cross-posted with permission from Bereskin & Parr. The United States Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) has released an updated set of Eligibility Examination Guidelines to provide guidance…
CETA: An Opportunity to Fix Canada's Broken Pharmaceutical Patent Linkage System
This is an excerpt from a paper by Adam Falconi, the recipient of the 2015 Barry D. Tomo Memorial Prize for best research paper on a subject related to industrial…