Patents, Copyright and Competition: Assessing the Impact of Trade Deals on Canada

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Page Title:Patents, Copyright and Competition: Assessing the Impact of Trade Deals on Canada – C.D. Howe Institute
Article Title:Patents, Copyright and Competition: Assessing the Impact of Trade Deals on Canada
URL:https://cdhowe.org/publication/patents-copyright-and-competition-assessing-impact-trade-deals-canada/
Published Date:March 30, 2017
Accessed Date:February 8, 2025

Controversial changes to drug patent and copyright rules required under Canada’s recent trade deals will have manageable side effects, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Patents, Copyright and Competition: Assessing the Impact of Trade Deals on Canada,” authors Daniel Schwanen and Aaron Jacobs review claims that strengthened protection for patents and copyright would result in a dramatic  increase in healthcare costs as well as  copyright payments, and provide some estimates of their own. 

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