Pankhuri Malik is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and an LLM Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. On May 31, 2022, the Federal Court of Canada ruled in…
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Insulin Biohackers: Shaking Up a Billion-Dollar Industry
Natalie Bravo is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Brief History of Insulin In 1921, Dr. Frederick Banting, Charles Best, and James…
Biopiracy and the Global Intellectual Property Regime: The Appropriation of Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledge for Profits
As pharmaceutical research and agricultural practices become more advanced in the West, there is an increasing desire by researchers and corporations to extract bio-resources from the developing world’s flourishing biodiversity…
Pharmaceuticals Main Attraction in TPP IP Chapter
Patent law can be a polarizing topic, but it is especially so during international trade negotiations. Perhaps this is because the principles of patent law create fundamental conflicts between those…
The TPP and Patents: Expensive Drugs, Questionable Returns
Modern multi-lateral trade treaties do not habitually soften IP protection. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), signed October 5th, is no exception. With prescription drug costs increasingly weighing on Western nations, does the TPP strike the best…