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Richard C. Owens

Category: trade-related IP

Posted on 10/07/2017

Supreme Court abolishes the promise doctrine

With its unanimous decision in AstraZeneca v. Apotex the Supreme Court of Canada restored order to Canadian patent law, doing away with the invidious promise doctrine.  My National Post article can be found here.

Posted on 07/07/201718/02/2021

Finally! An end to the promise doctrine

The Supreme Court came through with a judgement wiping out the promise doctrine in Canadian patent law.  My financial post editorial on it is here.

Posted on 29/06/201729/06/2017

No wonder Canadians aren’t more innovative: Look how poorly we protect innovators’ rights

New op-ed from the Financial Post.  You can find it here.

Posted on 25/06/201725/06/2017

Intellectual Property Policy for Canada–Part 3

And finally, here is part 3.

Posted on 12/05/2017

A New Intellectual Property Policy

I recently published the first of 3 papers reviewing the basis for a new intellectual property policy for Canada: it can be found here.

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    I am a technology, intellectual property and business lawyer (now retired from practice) based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. With this blog I hope to broaden the discussions of issues that interest me. As a writer and photographer, I identify with the interests of authors and artists in IP-related issues. I have taught at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law as an adjunct professor for almost 25 years, a variety of technology and IP courses, and was for 6 years the Executive Director of its Centre for Innovation Law and Policy, and am a past chair of the Innovations Foundation of the University of Toronto.  I am a Munk Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.  I can be reached at RCO@Richardcowens.com

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