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CIGI Paper

The TPP and the New Intellectual Property Regime

September 30, 2016

Olena Ivus

CIGI Paper

Standards, Patents and National Competitiveness

September 30, 2016

Policy Brief

Leveraging University-Generated Intellectual Property to Benefit Canadian Industry

September 12, 2016

Karima Bawa

Special Report

Addressing a Gap in Canada's Global Innovation Strategy

September 12, 2016

Myra J. Tawfik

CIGI Paper

Global Patent Pledges: A Collaborative Mechanism for Climate Change Technology

November 27, 2015

Bassem Awad

Policy Brief

The Case for Intellectual Property Rights: Should Patents Be Strengthened, Weakened or Abolished Altogether?

November 25, 2015

Joël Blit

Policy Brief

Comparing Transnational IPR Policy: Closing the Gap in Canada's Patenting Regime

July 28, 2015

Special Report

The New Innovator's Commercialization Dilemma

April 29, 2015

Conference Report

Emerging Issues in International and Transnational Law Related to Climate Change

April 17, 2015

Policy Brief

Strengthening Canada's Copyright System: A Fairer Mechanism for Fair Use Claims

October 8, 2014

Experts

Bassem Awad

Senior Fellow

International Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property & Technology

Intellectual Property & Commercialization

Patent Law

Traditional Knowledge

Emerging Technology

Intellectual Property

Trade Agreements Making Rules in New Technologies, Territoriality an Issue for IP in Digital Age

October 11, 2018

Joël Blit

Senior Fellow

Economics of innovation

Entrepreneurship

Technology clusters

Intellectual property

International trade and multinational corporations

Maintenance engineer using laptop computer control automatic robotic hand with CNC machine in smart factory. (Shutterstock)

Emerging Technology

Future of Work

Innovation

COVID-19 Will Accelerate Automation, and We Must Embrace It

Joël Blit

October 26, 2020

Dan Ciuriak

Senior Fellow

International Trade Agreements

Intellectual Property Rights

International Finance

Domestic Innovation

Trade

What the ‘Buy American’ Exec Order Can — and Can’t — Do for Shoe Brands

Samantha McDonald - Footwear News

January 27, 2021

Bernard Colas

Senior Fellow

International trade law

Intellectual property

Business law

Accredited mediator

Clean Technology

Climate Change

International Transfer of Clean Technologies: Mitigating Legal Obstacles

Bernard Colas

October 23, 2019

Dieter Ernst

Senior Fellow

International Trade Agreements

Intellectual Property Rights

Artificial Intelligence

Big Data

AI Research and Governance Are at a Crossroads

Dieter Ernst

October 22, 2020

James W. Hinton

Senior Fellow

Intellectual property law

Patents and trademarks

Prime Minister Trudeau helps to officially open the Google offices in Kitchener. January 14, 2016.

Artificial Intelligence

Big Data

Innovation

Canada Needs to Own Critical IP and Data Assets to Inspire Generational Economic Prosperity

James W. Hinton

March 26, 2020

Olena Ivus

Senior Fellow

International Trade Agreements

Intellectual Property Rights

Intellectual Property

NAFTA/CUSMA

Trade

Does Canada’s Foreign Trade Policy Give Innovating Canadian Firms a Competitive Edge Internationally?

May 15, 2019

Jean-Frédéric Morin

Senior Fellow

Intellectual Property Law

Global Environmental Politics

International Trade Law

International Investment Law

SpaceX launches its eleventh Starlink mission into space aboard a Falcon 9, which included 58 Starlink satellites. (Space X courtesy/Latin America News Agency)

Innovation Economy

Internet Governance

The Mega Disruption: Satellite Constellations and Space-based Internet

August 31, 2020

Steven L. Schwarcz

Senior Fellow

International finance and regulation, capital markets and systemic risk

Commercial law

Insolvency and bankruptcy law

Sovereign debt crisis

Central Banking

Financial Systems

Systemic Risk

Systemic Risk in the Financial Sector: Ten Years after the Great Crash

October 15, 2019

Aaron Shull

Managing Director and General Counsel

International Law

Internet Governance

Cyber Security and Espionage

Conflict Management

Cybersecurity

The Destabilizing, Ambiguous Nature of Transnational Cyberattacks

Aaron Shull

January 4, 2021

Opinions

Op-Ed

Asking ‘Isaac Pewton’ to Innovate Out of a Crisis

February 17, 2021

Giuseppina (Pina) D’Agostino

Op-Ed

How to Keep IP Canadian: Learn from the Success of Public-Private Partnerships During the Pandemic

January 4, 2021

Op-Ed

Collaborative IP Strategies for Publicly Funded R&D Needed Now and for the Future

September 17, 2020

Op-Ed

Catching Up in a Technology War: China's Challenge in Artificial Intelligence

June 17, 2020

Dieter Ernst

Op-Ed

Understanding IP and Data: Key Skills for Leaders in the Intangible Economy

February 12, 2020

Op-Ed

Cultural Appropriation Keeps Happening Because Clear Laws Simply Don’t Exist

December 24, 2019

Brigitte Vézina

Opinion

Owning Intelligence

December 13, 2019

Sean McDonald

Op-Ed

Canada's Nascent AI Sector Needs Data Standards to Thrive

July 14, 2019

Michel Girard

Opinion

Should Universities Get Out of the Patent Business?

April 3, 2019

E. Richard Gold

Opinion

How Copyright Reform Could Support Canada's Supercluster Investment

March 19, 2019

Michael Geist

Multimedia

Video

Traditional Knowledge and the Public Domain

September 25, 2018

Ruth Okediji

Video

A Conversation with Oonagh E. Fitzgerald and Eva Lein, Editors of Complexity’s Embrace

May 2, 2018

Video

VIDEO: Considerations for Canada’s National Data Strategy

Data Governance in the Digital Age

March 15, 2018

Teresa Scassa

Audio

Traditional Knowledge Belongs in Progressive Trade Policy

The CIGI Podcast

August 23, 2017

Video

What If a Patent Is Based on Traditional Knowledge?

June 12, 2017

Video

Canada and the TPP: A Digital Policy Failure

Speaker Series

November 12, 2015

Video

Intellectual Property Rights | Inside the Issues 5.20

Inside the Issues, Season Five

April 29, 2015

Myra J. Tawfik

Events

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Mar 22, 2016 - 8:00 AM

Toronto

Mar
22

Intellectual Property

Understanding the TPP: Intellectual Property Protection and Investment Protection

Jan 29, 2016 - 2:00 PM

Montreal

Canada

PRIVATE

Jan
29

Intellectual Property

The Future of Intellectual Property Protection in the Multilateral Trading System

Jan 19, 2016 - 5:00 PM

Ottawa

Canada

PRIVATE

Jan
19

TPP, Copyright and Innovation: Are Canadian Creators or the Public Interest at Risk?

Nov 12, 2015 - 11:45 AM

Waterloo

Canada

Nov
12

The Conference Board of Canada's Council for Innovation and Commercialization Executive Session

Sep 28, 2015 - 3:45 PM

Toronto

Canada

Sep
28

34th Annual Congress of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property

Sep 27, 2015 - 12:00 AM

Cape Town

South Africa

Sep
27

IP, Trademark & Copyright Workshop

Sep 14, 2015 - 9:00 AM

Waterloo

Canada

Sep
14

Patent Pledges Symposium

Jun 12, 2015 - 8:30 AM

Washington

Jun
12

CIGI ILRP Consultation Workshop: Emerging International Law Issues Related to Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge & Cultural Expression: From Community Knowledge to a Knowledge Community

May 14, 2015 - 9:00 AM

Toronto

Canada

PRIVATE

May
14

Apr 23, 2015 - 3:00 PM

Apr
23

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