This chapter addresses intersections among international trade law, intellectual property rights, and domestic innovation policies to prevent, detect, and treat pandemics. Structural issues with Canada’s innovation system affected preparedness for this pandemic and, unless remedied, will...

French Abstract: Les droits de propriété intellectuelle, dont les droits d’auteur, les marques de commerce, les secrets industriels et les brevets, jouent un rôle important dans les systèmes d’inno- vation. Même si de bonnes politiques et pratiques en matière de propriété intel-...

Intellectual property rights, including copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and patents, play an important role in innovation systems. While the right intellectual property policies and practices cannot, by themselves, catalyze innovation – other factors are equally if not more important –...