Home / Publications / Research / Patents, Copyright and Competition: Assessing the Impact of Trade Deals on Canada
- Media Releases
- Research
- |
Patents, Copyright and Competition: Assessing the Impact of Trade Deals on Canada
Summary:
| Citation | Daniel Schwanen. 2017. Patents, Copyright and Competition: Assessing the Impact of Trade Deals on Canada. ###. Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute. |
| 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: | April 17, 2026 |
Outline
Outline
Related Topics
For all media inquiries, including requests for reports or interviews:
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.
Related Publications
- Videos
Why the $10/day Childcare Program Isn’t Working and How to Fix It | Parisa Mahboubi & Tingting Zhang
Parisa Mahboubi, Tingting Zhang
- Research
Mikal Skuterud, Ruiwen Zhang
- Podcasts
Why the $10/day Childcare Program Isn’t Working and How to Fix It | Parisa Mahboubi & Tingting Zhang
Parisa Mahboubi, Tingting Zhang

