Send draft IP enforcement guidelines back to drawing board, says CATAAlliance
Broadcast | June 28, 2000
The Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATAAlliance) is rallying against proposed new guidelines for intellectual property enforcement, warning that the Competition Bureau’s heavy-handed approach to enforcement will discourage innovation, particularly by smaller companies. The CATAAlliance highlighted its concerns in a June 15 letter to Industry Minister John Manley, saying that the bureau’s draft Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines (IPEG) threaten Canadian companies involved in patents, copyrights and trademarks. This content is available to wirereport.ca subscribers Already a subscriber? Sign in here Unlock all the Canadian telecom, broadcasting and digital media news you need.Take a free trial or subscribe to The Wire Report now. FREE TRIALTwo weeks of free access to thewirereport.ca and our exclusive newsletters. SUBSCRIBEUnlimited access to thewirereport.ca and our exlusive newsletters. |