Statistics Canada is out today with more data on IP commercialization in Canadian universities. It reports that there was $55 million in income from IP last year for all Canadian universities combined.
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Speechless
The Hill Times this week features a special section on Canadian innovation policy that includes an email question and answer session with Industry Minister Maxime Bernier. The answers to some critical innovation questions are instructive: You are said to take a 'consumer-first' approach to your department. If you agree with […]
Spam on the Rise
John Levine highlights what many people in the network and anti-spam communities have been saying of late – spam has been growing at an alarming rate over the past couple of months.
Police Want More Subscriber Info from ISPs
A recent arrest has police looking for more subscriber information from Canada's ISPs.
Supreme Court Rules Against Patent Evergreening
The Canadian Supreme Court has issued another decision that recognized the limits of intellectual property. This case, a pharmaceutical patent fight between AstraZeneca and Apotex, includes language from the court that explicitly warns against the practice of evergreening, whereby pharmaceutical companies seek to extend the life of patent protection by […]
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