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Property Law for Fall 2011

During the Fall of 2011 I'll once again be teaching an introduction to property law. An overview of the course is mapped out on the "syllabus" below.

Introduction to Property Law on Prezi

Click here to access the course webpages on this site. See you in the classroom soon!

Short course on IP & Sustainable Development

This week Tuesday and Wednesday I'm in Washington to teach a short seminar on intellectual property and sustainable development. The course is part of the Washington College of Law at American University's summer program on international IP. Details about my course are here online on the course's webpage; click through the arrows or scroll around the map for a visual overview.

Lecture: How Courts Control Our Crops

Today I'm delivering a public lecture on the topic, "Judging Biotech: How Courts Control Our Crops," at the University of Saskatchewan's College of Law. Everyone is welcome. Here are the details:

Monday, March 21, 2011

12:00 p.m.

MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP Lecture Theatre

Room 150

College of Law

Public Lecture: Trade, Federalism & Tech Policy

Today I'm delivering a public lecture through the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, where I'm spending a sabbatical as Diefenbaker Policy Fellow. Here's the abstract.

Canada and the European Union are in the midst of intense negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, the so-called “CETA.” If and when completed, this path-breaking pact could go beyond any existing trade agreement, perhaps setting a new standard for international economic relations. In order to achieve ambitious goals for policy convergence and regulatory cooperation, this unique policymaking process has directly involved the federal and all provincial governments across Canada. Professor Jeremy de Beer’s lecture will look through the lens of biotechnology and information communications to shed light on key legal issues stemming from the implementation of such new public policies.

Here is a video recording of the event, and a copy of my presentation:

Trade, Federalism & Tech Policy on Prezi

Thursday, October 28, 2010

10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Please note that this lecture will take place in Saskatoon and will be

video-conferenced to a Regina audience.

Saskatoon location:

University of Saskatchewan Campus

Education Building, Studio B (lower level)

Regina location*:

JSGS Window Room, 2nd Floor, Gallery Building

University of Regina, College Avenue Campus

Book is out: Access to Knowledge in Africa

Following three years of empirical research in eight different countries throughout Africa, I'm thrilled to be a member of the team that has produced a new, pathbreaking book: "Access to Knowledge in Africa: The Role of Copyright." The book is available for purchase in hard copy from University of Cape Town Press, or openly accessible online from a variety of sources. It will soon be archived in IDRC's digital library; meanwhile you can download it from the ACA2K Project's website, or the LINK Centre at Wits University.

Patent Infringement Article Published

My article, "Accounting of Profits to Remedy Biotechnology Patent Infringement," co-authored with former University of Ottawa student Kurtis Andrews, is now available in electronic and hard copy versions of the Osgoode Hall Law Journal. Appeals in Monsanto v. Rivett and Monsanto v. Janssens, which are discussed throughly in the article, take place in Ottawa on June 16.

New Directions for Biotech Infringement Remedies

I've just published in The Lawyers Weekly an article that provides a snapshot of some of my recent research into biotech patent infringement remedies. Together with a team of students and other scholars, I'm investigating the implications of infringement remedies for various stakeholders in the patent system. After being neglected for many years, the issue of remedies has been attracting more attention lately. Just in the past few months, articles related to this topic have been posted on SSRN here, here and here.

The very short piece I just published is a preview of a much more thorough analysis forthcoming in the Osgoode Hall Law Journal this summer. It seems this work is also very timely because of Federal Court of Appeal hearings to take place June 16 in Ottawa in the important cases of Monsanto v. Rivett and Monsanto v. Janssen.