PHOTOS and VIDEO: The Best Medicine: Ensuring affordable and accessible drugs in Canada
The federal government is proposing dramatic changes to the pricing of new patented medicines in Canada, and it announced in its recent budget...
Canadian courts still think intellectual-property laws matter: Richard Owens in the Financial Post
Canadian courts have occasionally gone along with poor IP judgments; but they have quickly come to their senses, writes Richard Owens. By Richard...
The Trudeau government is building a wall to keep out life-saving drugs: Owens in the Financial Post
If you don’t know what the PMPRB is, you should — it holds the power of life and death over us, writes Richard...
Planned Changes to Drug Pricing Could Have Serious Economic and Health Consequences: MLI study
OTTAWA, ON (Feb. 8, 2018): A little discussed federal government plan to reduce prices for new drugs must be re-examined to consider the impact...
Canadian Courts are Correcting Course on Intellectual Property Issues: New MLI Study
OTTAWA, ON (Jan. 31, 2018): Canadian courts, in particular the Supreme Court of Canada, have in recent years issued intellectual property (IP) judgments that...
Governments should not have a monopoly over drug development: Richard Owens and Sean Speer for Inside Policy
The World Health Organization (WHO) is exploring possibly sweeping changes to intellectual property policies in the name of cheaper drug prices, write Richard...
The disturbing problem at Canada’s Patent Office: It’s suddenly denying medical-test patents: Owens in Financial Post
Canadian law is completely clear: diagnostic tests are patentable, writes Munk Senior Fellow Richard Owens in the Financial Post. By Richard Owens, Dec....
NAFTA in the Digital Era: Owens interview on Beyond The Headlines
Munk Senior Fellow Richard Owens was interviewed by Canadian current affairs podcast Beyond the Headlines for their episode on the North American Free...
Trudeau’s mischief with the TPP is bad for Canada: Richard Owens in the Financial Post
Canada’s stance on dropping provisions around intellectual property (IP) in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations makes no sense, writes Richard Owens. By Richard Owens,...
Court ruling on York's copyright infringements a win for Canadian creators: Richard Owens in the Financial Post
The Federal Court’s recent decision on rampant copyright infringement at York University helps restore some lost balance in Canada’s intellectual property rights regime, writes...