An emerging intellectual property paradigm : perspectives from Canada / edited by Ysolde Gendreau.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The challenge of trademark law in Canada's federal and bijural system / Teresa Scassa
A watershed year for well known or famous marks / Robert G. Howell
Canada's treatment of geographical indications : compliant or defiant? : an international perspective / Dianne Daley
From Pasteur to Monsanto : approaches to patenting life in Canada / Mark Perry
Canadian pharmaceutical patent policy : international constraints and domestic priorities / Mélanie Bourassa Forcier and Jean-Frédéric Morin
Canadian colonial copyright : the colony strikes back / Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse
Canadian originality : remarks on a judgment in search of an author / Abraham Drassinower
Moral rights in Canada : an historical and comparative view / Elizabeth Adeney
A uniquely Canadian institution : the Copyright Board of Canada / Daniel J. Gervais
Battleground between new and old orders : control conflicts between copyright and personal data protection / Margaret Ann Wilkinson
When intellectual property rights converge, tracing the contours and mapping the fault lines 'case by case' and 'law by law' / Myra J. Tawfik
Surfacing : the Canadian intellectual property identity / Ysolde Gendreau

This book brings together contributions from reputed experts on Canadian intellectual property law which highlight its special features. Situated at the crossroads between legal traditions in Europe and the United States, Canada's intellectual property laws blend various elements from these regions and can offer innovative approaches. The chapters focus primarily on patents, trademarks, and copyrights, covering both historical and contemporary developments. They are designed to bring perspective and reflection upon what has become in recent years a very rich intellectual property environment