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First Posted: 07/25/11 01:26 PM ET Updated: 09/24/11 06:12 AM ET

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Michael Geist:

The EU is demanding dramatic changes to Canadian intellectual property law including significant reforms to copyright, patent, and geographical indications. ... [Officials] acknowledged that new legislation will needed to comply with these treaties, suggesting that a second copyright bill focused on enforcement (including new border measures provisions) will quickly follow the C-32 bill.

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The EU is demanding dramatic changes to Canadian intellectual property law including significant reforms to copyright, patent, and geographical indications. ... [Officials] acknowledged that new legis...
The EU is demanding dramatic changes to Canadian intellectual property law including significant reforms to copyright, patent, and geographical indications. ... [Officials] acknowledged that new legis...
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Europe does not have this linkage protection for innovator pharma companies.

So, Europe must be satisfied with this - Canada is granting higher protection to patent-holders than Europe itself grants. Right?

Wrong.

Europe is pressing for an additional right of appeal to be added for patent-holders in the PM(NOC) process. Europe is asking Canada to agree in a treaty to strengthen patent protection in a system Europe doesn't adopt itself.

So much for reciprocity. ;)

In light of this, Mr. Samoli's statement of principle doesn't make very much sense as a baseline. Presumably, if Canada wanted to get in line with Europe, it would eliminate the PM(NOC) regulations altogether. But then it would be out of line with the US. There's no baseline here. Its just a non-reciprocal demand.

http://patentidbits.blogspot.com/2010/11/no-baseline-for-canadaeurope-patent-and.html
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