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Why the TPP is a good deal for Canadian innovators

  • December 17, 2015
  • Barry Sookman

There has been a considerable amount of information published about the IP and e-commerce chapters of the TPP. Not all of it accurate as I pointed out in a recent post, nor fully explaining the potential benefits of these chapters of the treaty to Canadians. Richard Owens, a Toronto lawyer, adjunct professor of law at the University of Toronto, and the former Executive Director of the University of Toronto  Centre for Innovation Law and Policy, has published an important commentary on the TPP titled “Debunking Alarmism Over the TPP and IP: Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership is a Good Deal for Canadian Innovators”.…

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TPP, copyright, e-commerce and digital policy: a reply to Michael Geist

  • December 15, 2015
  • Barry Sookman

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a comprehensive and complex agreement. It presents major economic opportunities for Canada. It deserves, as Lawrence Herman, the former head of the Economic and Treaty Law Section of Canada’s External Affairs Department, pointed out, “careful, reasoned and balanced assessment”. Some individuals have stepped forward to do that with respect to the intellectual property and e-commerce chapters, such as:

  • Nathaniel Lipkus The TPP’s IP provisions put Canada on level ground
  • Richard C. Owens: Crying wolf over the Trans-Pacific Partnership https://t.co/WQDJOIwsAI
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